Lot 204
1881 1s Purple. Superb hand painted essay from De La Rue’s first scheme

The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part III | S24001
Auction: 4 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
£5,400
Description
1881 1s Purple. Superb hand painted essay from De La Rue’s first scheme painted on tracing paper (42x28mm) in purple 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

