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Auction: 19039 - The 'Bartica' Collection of British Guiana Ship Type Issues
Lot: 183

(x) British Guiana
1900-03 Keyplate Issue
1c. Imperforate Colour Trials
Three trials in grey-green with tablets in carmine, violet and black, all on gummed watermarked paper and partially affixed to piece marked "Approved for 60c (signed) W.H.M. 21.3.03" alongside the first. Photo

Note: These trials were submitted by De La Rue to the Colonial Government in an attempt to comply with U.P.U. regulations of red for the 2c. value, Forty-six different colour combinations were submitted

provenance:
"Foxley", March 2014

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Sold for
£700