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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1624

(x) St. Lucia
1879 die proof of the engine-turned background on wove paper with the skeleton outline design engraved in; in this example the background is that used for the first St. Lucia issue. Numbered "216" in pencil, there are a couple of minor marks and a small tear at foot (well away from the design)

Note: This is one of a series produced in order to show the Board of the Inland Revenue that Copper Plate printing was superior to Surface Printed .

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£200