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

1922: De La Rue Appendix sheets with perforated Badge Issue Colour Trials (15) of the 1 d. value, all different and all bicoloured, applied to two sheets for the Colour Scheme for the issue for values between 1 d. and £ 1, with five Trials including the proposed 1 s. 6 d. and 15 s. all crossed through in manuscript ink as unaccepted. The forms dated "29 March 1922 / St. Helena" at top with requisition number in manuscript and signed off "Approved except for 1/6d., 15 s. and £ 1; Hubert Smith 3.4.22" in manuscript, the second sheet annotated also with "Approved, Hubert Smith 3.4.22" in manuscript. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on pages 5463 and 5464. An astonishing pair of pages of great beauty and charm.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28-30 March 1993, lot 0777.