Lot 50006 – 1840 Whiting treasury essays: a very fine sheetlet
Lot 50006 – 1840 Whiting treasury essays: a very fine sheetlet
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
Price realised
3’500 GBP
Estimate
4’400 – 5’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 16 Dec 2021 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1840 Whiting treasury essays: a very fine sheetlet comprising three essays printed by the congreve process of interlocking plates in black and red (types 10, 12 and 18) and four embossed essays in blue and white or plain colourless relief and very rare and attractive group of treasury competition essays and one of very few sheets left intact. Rare.
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