Lot 317
1882 ½d Hand painted essay.

The Cyriax Collection of Great Britain | 5959
Auction: 1 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£1,320
Description
1882 ½d Hand painted essay. Very fine example lettered AB painted in lilac and Chinese white on thin tracing paper, mounted on stout white paper, defaced with a manuscript cross. Thought to be originally part of De La Rue’s Third Scheme. Scarce, unique in private hands. Cat. £8500.

