1851-55 Laureates Blue Wove Paper Worn Plate 2d ultramarine SG 58, margins close - at top right - to large, unused, Cat £1500. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2007) "... genuine ... free from faults or repairs ..."
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2304
Symbol: G
Cat No: 87/87a
1854 Double-Lined Numeral Watermark Laureates 3d yellow-green pair with the left unit 'WACES' SG 87/87a, margins close to good just touching at lower-right (on the non-variety unit), reasonably light but indistinct numeral cancels clear of the variety, Cat £280+.
1897 Jubilee original artwork in pencil with an unltramarine watercolour field on thin surfaced card (114x76mm), apparently being an essay for the 2½d design & likely prepared by or for the Government Printer William Gullick, very fine & attractive.
1897 Jubilee original artwork in black ink on thin artboard (each 93x131mm) for unadopted 1d & 2½d designs, each endorsed "Nunc aut numquam" (= Now or never) at L/L & with small filing hole at U/L indicating removal from an official (?) file, some damp-spotting mostly on the 1d card.
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