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Electric Telegraph design precursors. GB Revenues (3) being Chancery Court 14/- o.g., overprinted SPECIMEN; Probate Court 6d imperforate Plate Proof in black and perforated 1/- issued stamp, o.g. with slight buckling; and India 1860 8p purple on white paper, fair o.g. Note: Each has elements that were incorporated in the Electric Telegraph issue design (Image)

Starting at £ 70

SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

T1-3 var

1860 Electric Telegraph set of three overprinted COURT FEES in red, each punched but otherwise uncancelled, as are all these. Some small faults and the 4r with the lower right corner added; good appearance. Note: Unsold remainders of the Electric Telegraph issue were either destroyed (Madras and Calcutta) or overprinted COURT FEES (Bombay) (Image)

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Starting at £ 400

SOLD for £1,800.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary essay. Hand-illustrated design for the Telegraph form from the De La Rue archives, showing how the Receipt portion (including the top half of the adhesive) would be separated and given to the sender. This concept necessitated the 'Double Head' design, since it would have been considered disrespectful to have required the Queen's Head to be cut in half. An important document (Image)

Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary material. Five 'rough notions' sketched by Col. Robinson, each for the 50r value and numbered 1-5, with the portrait clearly based on the head by William Theed. #2 was evidently considered the most suitable; #5 has the De La Rue Museum mark on the reverse. Offered together with two items of correspondence from Col. Robinson to Warren De La Rue, the first to accompany the sketches, the second apologising for the timing of the first, which would have arrived the day after the death of Warren's father, Thomas (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 800

SOLD for £2,400.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary sketch and essays. Sketch, apparently by Col. Robinson, a rudimentary depiction of a stamp with two discrete compartments to facilitate accurate separation. Annotated 'a splendid idea'! This is accompanied by De La Rue's earliest mock-up of the 'Double Head' concept, two hand-painted essays executed on card in watercolour and Chinese white, denominated 8a and 50r. Together with a letter from Col. Robinson to Warren De La Rue, who was evidently not entirely happy with the essays, looking to decide 'the stamp question'. A beautiful pair of essays, of considerable importance as the earliest surviving essays of any Indian telegraph issue. Note: The artist responsible for the essays is not known for certain, but is likely to have been the Royal Academician Owen Jones. The Joubert head was utilised as a temporary expedient. There are some very faint 'knot-lines' on the face of the 8a, probably done by Col Robinson who was still considering how he wished the stamps to appear (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 2,000

SOLD for £5,200.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary material. Letter from Col Robinson (received by De La Rue on 7th September) outlining his wish for the issue to be accelerated, and containing rough sketches of complicated 'knots', to be included in the designs between the head impressions. The sketches, now mounted on card, are included Note: The purpose of the 'knots' was to make it more difficult to rejoin or reuse the stamps (Image)

Starting at £ 240

SOLD for £1,100.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary document. Original manuscript from the De La Rue archives, an indent for supply of stamps for the 'Indian Telegraph Department', for supplies of the previous design i.e. the Electric Telegraph issue in new colours. The order was never fulfilled and was countermanded in favour of the 1869 issue; an interesting part of the background story Note: The indent is quoted in Patel & Desai p.128, extract 'D' (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £290.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary material. The original order for 6,000,000 stamps from the De La Rue archives, dated 26 July 1866, with colours indicated alongside each value. Together with three hand-illustrated letters from Col. Robinson to Warren De La Rue; 8th Aug 1866, 'Government have sanctioned my propositions.... please take the preparation of the two headed die in hand'; another of 29th August, returning a 'proof impression', and a third (indistinctly dated in September) with interesting commentary on the designs and suggesting an alteration in the 'knots', with rough sketches (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Starting at £ 240

SOLD for £600.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1866 preliminary correspondence (1866). Sept 27th draft (ex archives) to the Director-General of Stores (India Office) acknowledging acceptance of the tender for Telegraph stamp production; October 5th receipt for Dies and Punches; November 7th India Office Stores memo of the quantity of paper required for Telegraph stamps (82,100 sheets); and a final letter from Col. Robinson mithering about the design differences between the 1r and the remainder of the set. Note: Notwithstanding the above, Col. Robinson opines that 'as a lot or individually they are very nice, and fulfil all the conditions required'. Evidently Warren De La Rue managed to persuade the Colonel that the 1r was satisfactory; the letter is annotated to this effect (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Starting at £ 240

SOLD for £700.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1878 artist's essay for the new 1a value, stamp-sized, handpainted in mauve and burgundy with lettering in Chinese white, complete with mocked-up perforations. Carefully executed on buff card and dated 27 APR 78, a beautiful essay (Image)

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Starting at £ 1,200

SOLD for £1,700.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1878 artist's essay for the new 1a value, stamp-sized, handpainted in violet-blue and burgundy with lettering in Chinese white, complete with mocked-up perforations. Carefully executed on buff card (with a couple of small marks clear of the design) and dated 27 APR 78, a beautiful essay (Image)

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Starting at £ 1,200

SOLD for £2,400.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 Double-head Die Proof. The two head proofs are coupled together, with uncleared surrounds, dated Sept. 6, 1866 and marked BEFORE HARDENING, the whole 49 x 78mm Note: This is the only full-sized impression of this Die. Two other cut-down versions exist, one of which is in the Royal Collection, the other is in the next lot. This proof was selected by Leslie Newman for 'The De La Rue Collection', and afterwards placed in an archival volume, with his notes to that effect (Image)

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Starting at £ 400

SOLD for £2,000.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 Double-head Die Proof. The two head proofs similarly coupled together, with uncleared surrounds, trimmed to 23 x 50mm and mounted in card 39 x 84mm, marked 'India Telegraph Double Heads', ex Koh-i-Nor (CRL 25/2/1986, lot 405) (Image)

Starting at £ 400

SOLD for £1,100.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 Die Proofs. An 'early state' set of Die Proofs, struck on October 26th 1866 in order that Col. Robinson might assess the compatibility of the designs, and to record the progress made to that date. Each in black on glazed card and trimmed to a little over stamp size. The states range from vestigial (5r, 10r) to finished (4a). The only known complete set in this state, included in the De La Rue Collection (p. 1493), a highly important set (Image)

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Starting at £ 3,500

SOLD for £8,000.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 set of eight 'original' values from 4a to 50r, in black on glazed paper, each sunk-mounted in card with mica covering. Dated between Nov. 5th and 29th 1866 (except the 10r which is undated), presumably as each die was finished. A handsome set and very rare (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 2,800

SOLD for £5,000.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 Die Proofs in black on glazed card, cut down to rather larger than stamp size, further mounted on piece of thick card; the 'original' set of eight from 4a to 50r. Completed and in the printing state. Some peripheral staining from the mounting, not affecting the printed areas, still a splendid set. (Image)

Starting at £ 2,000

SOLD for £3,200.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1878 1a Die Proof, cut to stamp size in black on glazed card, very fine and extremely rare. SG T4 Note: Annotated in pencil on reverse 'ex Leslie Newman's Vol. 23'. The only example of a Die Proof of this value recorded (Image)

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Starting at £ 320

SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869-70 2a stamp size Die Proof in black on glazed card, in unissued state with continuous line round the chin and down the throat. Very rare. SG T5 (Image)

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Starting at £ 280

SOLD for £350.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

T5, 15, 18

1869-70 2a, 14r4a and 28r8a new values, three stamp sized Die Proofs in black on glazed card; the 2a in issued state. An extremely rare 'set'. SG T5, 15, 18 (Image)

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Starting at £ 800

SOLD for £1,100.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.

1869 4a Die Proof in black on glazed card, trimmed to stamp size, in a virtually finished state. SG T6 (Image)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST.