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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1462

Dominica 1922-33 Issue Perforated Colour Trials 1d. colour trials (11) in the original issued colours of the 1/2d., 1d., 1 1/2d., 2d., 2 1/2d., 3d., 4d., 6d., 2/-, 2/6d. and 4/-, all on paper watermarked Multiple Script CA; some faults, mostly minor soiling or creasing, but that for the 4d. torn at left and that for the 2/- damaged on the reverse. A very rare group. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: The frame of the proof for the 1d. is in a slightly paler shade of light violet than that of the 1923 issued 1d. stamp; the frame of the proof for the 1 1/2d. is in a slightly deeper shade of scarlet than that of the 1933 issued 1d. stamp. provenance: De La Rue archives, January 1978 Sugarman, March 1994

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