Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 2020

Victoria 1886-96 inscribed "stamp duty", a selection of colour trials comprising 1/2d. in dull violet-blue, in orange-brown and in yellow-green, and 2d. in carmine-rose and in turquoise-green, each in a block of four on gummed watermarked paper, each row crossed by manuscript ink lines in different colours and one 1/2d. and one 2d. block treated with chemicals. A fine lot Estimate £ 100-120 Note: In "The Stamps of Victoria", Geoff Kellow writes "Following an incident during 1896 when a Melbourne stamp dealer, Thomas Webb, was convicted of cleaning and re-using high value stamps, the Government Printer was asked to undertake experiments to find more fugitive inks for the printing of postage stamps.

Sold for
£60