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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3979

Sarawak
Revenue Stamps and Documents
The Mike Tanner Collection
Revenue
1918 and 1927 De La Rue Definitive Issues
Die Proofs
Master die proof with blank value tablet affixed to piece (40x58mm.), 3c., 5c., 10c., 25c. and 50c. value tablets on irregular piece (172x120mm. max.), and $1, $2, $3, $4, $5 and $10 value tablets on piece (175x120mm.), all stamp-size in black on glazed card, dated between 18th March and 1st June and each marked "50 + 4" with the master additionally marked "No 2", fine. Photo

Note: In 1927 the Sarawak Treasurer requested De La Rue to print stamps in sheets of 50 instead of 42. New dies and plates were required for this change and the new 50 stamp plate was numbered Plate No. 2.

provenance:
De La Rue archives, September 1976
"Miri", March 1990
Bernard Lardner, October 2021

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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000