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lot # 10248 - brit. colonies south australia
Postal Stationery 1883: De La Rue Essay for proposed ½ d. postal stationery Newspaper wrapper, with "HALFPENNY" 14 mm. long, hand-painted in stamp size in black, grey and Chinese white on tracing paper (148 x 120 mm.), dated "13 APR 83" in blue. The accepted design, for the working Proof see "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP, page 6059. Exquisite and rare, ex the De La Rue archives.rnProvenance: Collection Henry Frenkle, RL, London, 26 Sept 1979, lot 1306; Collection "Besançon"; Corinphila sale 223, 31 May 2018, lot 3252.
Michel Catalogue 297: Australia - The DUBOIS Collection (part I)
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