Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1

1926: Die II, 9 c. red, an Imperforate Proof, wmk. Multiple Script CA, on large piece from the De La Rue archives, signed below  the stamp as accepted ("22/11") by the Crown Agents with further manuscript "Approved for colour 22/11/26". Fresh and very fine. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5644. Rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Cdr. Malcolm Burnett, Robson Lowe, London, 26 April 1978, ex lot 1106.rn