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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1434

Seychelles 1906 Issue Die Proofs 4c. 5c., 6c., 10c., 25c., 30c., 40c., 50c., 75c., 1r., 1r.25, 1r.50, 2r.50 and 5r. country name and value tablets in various types, each stamp-size in black on glazed card and affixed to four De La Rue day book pieces with details of leads taken, all subsequently crossed with red ink lines and dated again in 1906. A fine and unique group. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,500 Note: Although all dated in 1906 several of these values had not been used in this form by 1906 and, in the case of the 1r.25, was never used at all provenance: Jeffrey Weiss, December 2004

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