Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas Egypt, including the Constantin Kelemenis - Day 4

De La Rue 1888/1910: 5 m. rose-carmine on chalk surfaced paper, an unused strip of seven, prepared for use for the Coil Machine Trials in March 1910, utilising 5 m. stamps from Plate 5, second stamp (pos. 153) showing "Missing Loop of "P" in POSTES", with usual blunted perforations at top and full unmounted og. Full Hass certificate accompanies the lot with long and interesting notation of the strip's provenance (see website). Rare. Cert. Hass (2008).