Lot 30542 – 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
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
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