Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

1885: De La Rue Essay for proposed 3 d. value, hand-painted in shades of pale and deep green with lettering picked out in Chinese white on small card (34 x 28 mm.). Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6041. Superb quality workmanship, delightful and unique.rnrnProvenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 29-30 June 2016, lot 541.