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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 258

Ceylon
1872-80 Watermark Crown CC Issue
Essays
56c. handpainted essay on tracing paper in olive, grey-brown and white, marked "Leave design and colour as existing 96 cents", this crossed through and a 24c. colour trial added with "Actual colour proposed" in manuscript alongside. A fine, attractive and delightful essay. Photo

provenance:
De La Rue archives, 1976

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Sold for
£2,000