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Lot 30542 – 1923 2s6d Postage due colour trial imperforate irregular block of three printed on gummed, wove unwatermarked tinted paper

1923 2s6d Postage due colour trial imperforate irregular block of three printed on gummed, wove unwatermarked tinted paper
Lot 30542 – 1923 2s6d Postage due colour trial imperforate irregular block of three printed on gummed, wove unwatermarked tinted paper
Great Britain » Postage Dues
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Auction date
Wed 1 Jul 2020 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1923 2s6d Postage due colour trial (4th series – 21st Jan 1924) imperforate irregular block of three printed on gummed, wove unwatermarked tinted paper mounted on brown card annotated with the official colour description “Lemon / Purple / S.D.I”, a spectacular and unique showpiece

Note: A series of 24 different colour trials were produced at Somerset House from a specially made Royal Mint plate of four impressions of the 1/2d die, this is from the fourth series of six in purple on different yellow tinted papers. In the place of the missing 4th stamp can be seen a manuscript annotation “To HM” (His Majesty) and now resides in the Royal Philatelic Collection

Catalogue ref: SG D18

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