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Auction: 15042 - Windward Islands and British Guiana, British Honduras, Cayman Islands and Jamaica from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 449

St. Lucia
Later Issues
1891 5/- essay, comprising Die I proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) with country name and value tablet handpainted in crimson, originally marked "before hardening" and dated "July 25 1879" and subsequently dated "19 mar 91" at the time the essay was prepared; a fraction soiled though a unique item of artwork. Photo

provenance:
Peter Jaffé, March 2007

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Sold for
£2,400