Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 1

1898 (June 21): De La Rue Appendix sheet headed "Colour Scheme" for the Postage & Revenue Keyplate, divided into two halves for display, with imperforate ½ d. Colour Trials in dull lilac (7) with Duty Plates in colours annotated, in green (½ d.), in carmine (1 d.), in olive-green (3 d.), in orange (4 d.), in black (5 d.), in brown (6 d.) and in blue (the colour chosen for the 2½ d. value); with two shilling values in dull green and carmine (1 s.) and in blue ( 5 s.). Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5547. Wonderful and extremely rare.rnProvenance: RL, Bermuda, 2 Dec 1976, lot 874.