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Auction: 17026 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1040

Bahamas
1884 Issue
£1 handpainted essay in Official Receipt size in shades of brown on orange-brown paper with country name and value tablet, etc. highlighted in Chinese white, affixed to card (69x84mm.) dated "17 aug 83". Unique. Photo

Note: In reply to the production of the above two essays, the Crown Agents asked for an alternative estimate for a keyplate and duty-plate design, and asked for the colour of the 5/- to be changed so as to leave blue free for a possible 2½d. value later

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Sold for
£1,600