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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2126

Great Britain
King Edward VII
1902-10 De La Rue
Four Pence
Head plate die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) without endorsements, slight wrinkle at right; and completed proof for the monocolour design, in black with irregularly cleared surround on glazed card (92x60mm.) dated "30 aug 09" and marked "before/hardening", together with imperforate plate proof block of four in the issued orange colour on buff paper. A fine and rare trio, the latter unusual.

provenance:
The complete die proof is ex 'Aurelius', Part I, Grosvenor, 21 May 2009, Lot 2192
The plate proof is ex Chartwell, Spink 6 Dec. 2011, Lot 156

Notes: In the Aurelius catalogue, it is described that "This proof is particularly interesting in that it reveals De La Rue’s method of construction for the new plate. In the design for the unified die eventually printed in shades of orange the white space between the previous two parts of the design had been thinned now that considerations of registrations of the two colours no longer applied. The fringe around the top and right hand side made it possible to construct most of the plate from leads struck from this die. The left and bottom fringes of the upper and lower half sheets may well have been made from separate fringe leads."

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£420