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Auction: 26017 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part Three
Lot: 2569

Great Britain
Postal Stationery Letter Cards
King Edward VII
A proof and trial selection including 1902 1d. colour trials on buff wrapper with K.E.VII ½d. green (3) with Q.V. ½d. green, K.E.VII 1d. vermilion (3) with Q.V. ½d. green; K.E.VII 1d. yellow-brown with Q.V. 1d. yellow-brown and K.E.VII 1d. vermilion with Q.V. 1d. vermilion, Colour Proofs: ½d. light green on proof paper (47x68mm.) and 1d. scarlet on proof paper (50x57mm.), both handstamped "specimen"; 1904 1d. Die Proofs in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), one without markings, the other dated "9 oct. 01" in blue and "after/hardening" with manuscript "1d. Post + Letter Card Working Die no, 35,"; Colour Trials: ten of the top portion of the card, each handstamped "specimen in a range of colours; the issued card overprinted horseshoe "specimen" with a second printing of the head plate below in a slightly different shade, number "3" alongside, punch hole and one side flap missing on the reverse; also the regular card with the same Specimen handstamp (the instructions at foot in a different size. A superb specialised selection

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£300