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Auction: 20037 - The Charles Freeland Collection of Three Islands: St Lucia, Nevis & St Vincent
Lot: 273

(x) St. Lucia
1909-13 Essays
A requisition was passed to De La Rue on 15 December 1909 calling for a new one-colour issue. During the next few years the printers submitted a number of different essays each with a vignette based on the "Badge of the Colony" but none were ever adopted and the idea was finally dropped.
2d. in green, vertical format, affixed to card (90x115mm.) lettered "A" and dated "Dec 29th 09", fine

provenance:
De La Rue archives, February 1979

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Estimate
£600 to £600

Starting price
£420