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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1263

Cape of Good Hope
The Rectangular Issues
1892 (4 Mar.) 4½d. handpainted essays (5), lettered "A" to "D" and "F", prepared by De La Rue in response to an invitation to design "an artistic representation to Hope leaning upon an anchor", all in red with portions of the lettering highlighted in Chinese white and executed on individual pieces of card. Delightful. Photo

provenance:
De La Rue archives, October 1976

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Sold for
£8,000