Auction: 22021 - The Libra Collection Featuring KGV Commemorative Issues
Lot: 58
Barbados
1927 Tercentenary of Settlement Issue
Essays
1d. composite handpainted essay on thick card (45x38mm.) in a design somewhat similar to that issued, in deep blue and Chinese white with the leaves at foot being pieces of engraving added after painting. Unique and most attractive. Photo
Note: This essay was the winning design, hand-painted by Miss E. Cox and touched-up by Bradbury, Wilkinson artist E. Jackman. Miss Cox received a gratuity of £5 for her design which was used as the basis of the one adopted.
"Foxley", April 2017
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