Lot 10296 – REVENUES: 1882 De La Rue Essay: hand-drawn design (without value) inscribed « St VINCENT REVENUE » at top

REVENUES: 1882 De La Rue Essay: hand-drawn design (without value) similar to that of Trinidad 1883 issue inscribed « St VINCENT REVENUE » at top, on tracing paper (90x115mm.) in mauve with details picked out in Chinese white, showing seventeen value tablets from 1d. to £10 hand drawn in red (1d. to 6d.), in green (1/- to 10/-) and in mauve (£1 to £10), the tracing paper dated « 19 oct 82 », an outstanding showpiece and a delightful piece of artist´s work

Provenance: De La Rue archives, December 1976, Peter Jaffé, March 2006