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Auction: 22015 - The 'Libra' Collection - Featuring King George V Issues
Lot: 648

St. Lucia
1909-13 Essays
A requisition was passed to De La Rue on December 15 1909, calling for a new one-colour issue. During the next few years the printers submitted a number of different essays each with a vignette based on the "Badge of the Colony" but none was ever accepted and the idea was finally dropped.
"J" - 10/- composite essay in large vertical format with frame and head in blue-green and vignette in violet, affixed to card (90x115mm.) marked "Colours reversed on Design" and dated "April 11th 13". Photo

provenance:
De La Rue archives, February 1979

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£550