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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 619

1883-84 "Before And After The Stamp Committee" Presentation Book A complete "Before And After The Stamp Committee" presentation book comprising three pages with perforated imprimaturs or issued stamps, sunk mounted on card; original binding and very fine. The first page in titled "series superseded by the issue of april 1884" and bearing a series of imprimaturs that have been line perforated 14, comprising 1865 9d. straw Plate 5 abnormal KB (S.G. Spec. J95), 1882 unissued 1/- purple Plate 14 DC (K8C), 1881 2 1/2d. blue Plate 22 CG, 3d. rose Plate 21 DC, 4d. grey-brown Plate 18 AF, 6d. grey Plate 18 QF, 1880-84 "Provisional" issue 1/2d. to 5d. and 1881 1d. lilac with 16 dots The second page titled "series issued april 1884" bearing the 1883-84 "Lilac and Green" 1/2d. to 1/-. On the reverse of this page is a printed Schedule of the Committee members, Post Office officials and the representatives from De La Rue The third page is titled "series determined by the stamp committee and issued january 1887" and bearing 1887-92 "Jubilee" 1/2d. to 4d., 5d. Die I, 6d., 9d. and 1/-. An exceptionally rare book of which only thirty six examples were produced, not all including the 1/- purple. Several of these books have subsequently been broken up and, of those that are still complete, many have had the rare stamps replaced with more common varieties. This is one of the very few to have survived intact with all the original stamps. Other examples are in the Royal Philatelic Collection and in the British Postal Museum & Archive All three pages have traces of light foxing in places which does very slightly affect the 1/- purple. The binding of the book is generally fine although there is signs of rubbing in places and the spine has slight damage at top and at foot. The book is accompanied by a piece of 110 Bunhill Row printed paper endorsed "With the Compliments of Messers Thos De La Rue & Co." and the book has an additional page from another book bearing the "Jubilee" stamps Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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