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Auction: 6002 - St Vincent - The Peter Jaffé Exhibition Collection
Lot: 431

x ST. VINCENT The De La Rue Plates Essays 1882 (29 June) Q.V. Die I key-plate in green with handpainted "st vincent postage" and "halfpenny" also in green, affixed to small piece, fine. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800Note: This essay was submitted by De La Rue, on a sheet of paper labelled "Appendix B", in an attempt to persuade the Colony to adopt surface printing. provenance: De La Rue archives, December 1976 J.L. Messenger, January 1983

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