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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1125

Great Britain
Line Engraved Proofs and Essays
Presentation sheet bearing twenty 'rainbow' trials comprising four 1d. in varying shades of red titled "Fugitive Inks printed without oils" and sixteen 1d. in varying shades of red titled "Fugitive Inks with oils"; each numbered and annotated as to the paper, chemical and colour used in the hand of Perkins Bacon; a remarkable piece of upmost importance to the collector, very few intact sheets remaining available. Spec. £150,000

Notes: Only seven of these sheets are known, one being in the Royal Philatelic Collection

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Sold for
£30,000

Starting price
£14000