Sale No: 132
Lot No: 124
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The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperforate colour trials with handpainted duty tablets, complete set of fifteen values 1/2a. to 5r., all in issued colours except 21/2a. and 1r. transposed to accord with U.P.U. requirements. Submitted by De La Rue to the Foreign Office on Nov. 14 1895 as proposed colour scheme. Ex Minns and Baillie. Three sets only were produced by De La Rue, this being the 'customer' set, another set retained by De La Rue for record on an appendix sheet and later sold (see 'Shivani' action, May 1997, lot 282) and a 'working' set formerly in the Hunt, Danson and Pennycuick collections and subsequently dispersed. Photo. (Image1)
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Opening GBP 6,000.00
Sold...GBP 4,500.00
Closed..Nov-27-2019, 06:00:00 EST
Sold For 4500
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