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Auction: 8031 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 466

x Natal - Revenue Stamps 1886 De La Rue Issue Keyplate Issue perforated colour trials: 1886 (19 Nov.) "Appendix" sheet (179x277mm.) to show how "Natal Revenue Stamps could be printed in doubly fugitive green ink and overprinted in different colours", bearing five £1 trials, the upper three with suggested £5, £10 and £20 values written alongside and in the colour combinations eventually chosen, the other two, dated "Nov. 26. 86" in green (£1) and in green and maroon (£1/10/-, not chosen and eventually issued in lilac and blue). A fine and unique group. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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