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Auction: 20024 - The "Dubois" British Commonwealth Collection of Stamps and Covers
Lot: 100

Bahamas
1883 artist's drawing of the proposed design for the 1884 Key Type, executed in ink on tracing paper with the value tablet left blank, the scrollwork picked out in Chinese white, framed 'five shillings' and 'one pound' values handpainted below, endorsed "(A)pp'd for design EB" and dated 'Nov 26th 83'; the third and accepted design submitted by De La Rue; three vertical creases, one through the design, nevertheless beautiful and unique

provenance:
Charles Freeland, 2019
De La Rue Archives

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Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£1000