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Auction: CSS111 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 607

Hong Kong
King Edward VII
1902 (Sept.) De La Rue colour recipe on the original folio sheet, each with the De la Re, London Queen Victoria head label printed in each of the selected colours with postage $2 in black and red, $3 in black and pale Antwerp blue, $5 in purple and green, $10 black and orange.
Stamp Duty 1c. purple and sage-green, 2c. black and orange, 3c. green and purple, 5c. black and blue, 10c. black and fawn, 15c. purple and green, 20c. purple and burnt umber, 25c. green and grey, 30c. purple and blue, 50c. green and cadmium yellow, 75c. green and deep brown, $1 black and English red, $1.50 green and sage-green, $2 black and purple, $3 green and blue-green, $4 black and ultramarine-blue, $5 purple and red-brown, $6 green and deep blue, $10 purple and English red, $20 purple and fugitive black, $25 black and magenta, $40 green and orange, $50 black and Strasburg brown, $100 purple and violet plus $200 black and ultramarine-blue; there are also three British Guiana 1c., 2c. and 4c.

Many colours are marked as double fugitive and some have the colour mixtures or recipes. The pages are double sides and the first page has been cut into four and rejoined. Exceptionally fresh, this is a remarkable and desirable historic reference of K.E.VII postage and revenue stamps

literature:
The Inks of De La Rue & Co and their introduction of synthetic and aniline ingredients c. 1850-1910, Peter Young

The Revenue Issues of Hong Kong, Philippe Orsetti (H.K Study Circle)


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Starting price
HK$80000