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Auction: 6016 - Stamps & Covers of the World/The D J Norris Collection of Ceylon
Lot: 115

Ceylon 1886 Watermark Crown CA Issue Imperforate Colour Trials 1886 (22 Feb.) appendix sheet (192x254mm.) marked "Ceylon Postage Stamps. Proposed scheme of colours for the three duties to be printed from the Key Plate", bearing colour trials of the new key plate design with blank value tablets and endorsements for the proposed values, comprising 15c. sage-green, 25c. maroon and 28c. bright blue; the sheet with various markings regarding previous schemes. Most attractive. Photo Estimate £ 1,300-1,500provenance: De La Rue archives, June 1976 Henry Fothringham, 2003

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