Lot 166
Newfoundland 1938 Publicity 5ct alternative design photographic essay SG...

Stamps & Covers of the World | 5951
Auction: Day 1
£624
Description
1928 Publicity, DLR printing, 5ct photographic essay on glazed paper, pasted on thick card, (100x100mm) showing un-adopted design similar to issued 2ct but depicting the ‘S.S. Silvia’' steamer, endorsed duplicate at top right and dated 6th May 1927 at foot with m/s annotations. The design for the 5ct was later changed to the ‘Express Train’ after the Colony cabled DLR and suggested an alternative. Attractive and scarce. SG 168var

