Lot 326
1881 2½d Blue. Superb hand painted essay from De La Rue’s first scheme painted on tracing paper (29x34mm) in blue and C…

The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part 2 | 5958
Auction: 16 January 2024 at 10:00 GMT
£1,200
Description
1881 2½d Blue. Superb hand painted essay from De La Rue’s first scheme painted on tracing paper (29x34mm) in blue and Chinese white mounted on stout white paper. Only two such sets of essays were produced, one of which is in The Postal Museum thus unique in private hands. Ex DLR Archives. Cat. £8500

