CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

1883: Essay for the 1½ + 1½ d. postal stationery reply cards, two separated cards split for display, each card with printed UPU / Gold Coast legend, the stamp area entirely hand-painted on each in deep red-brown or pale red-brown (vignette), the despatch card handstamped "3 AUG 83" in red. The reply card with top perfs. removed but rare and splendid Proofs.rnProvenance: Collection Colin McCaig; Collection 'Ashanti' (Robert Nelson), SG, London 24 Jan 1991, lot 710.