Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2373A
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1960 (19 Nov.) Kerguelen Archipelago Discovery, 25Fr., a neatly written-up study on six large album leaves comprising the issued stamp (2, plus a block of four and two marginal imperforate pairs); thirteen imperforate colour trials including a lower strip of four with sheet number; two Epreuve de luxe (one in brown); an Atelier proof in brown signed by the designer, C. Durrens; and two covers; also the similar unissed design bearing the legend "xe anniversaire des etablissments" and an original drawing on tracing paper signed by the designer at lower right. Fine. An unusual group Estimate £ 500-600
Sold for
£350