CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

1886: De La Rue Appendix sheet for printing the Lagos 1887 issue in doubly fugitive inks with Duty Plates in different coloured singly fugitive inks, with ½ d. dull mauve (6) annotated for proposed values: with HALF PENNY in green (½ d.), in orange (1 d.), in blue (2 d.), in brown ( 3 d.), in black (4 d.), in red-brown (6 d.); and ½ d. dull green (4) annotated for proposed values: in pale green (1 s.), in red (2 s. 6 d.), in blue (5 s.) and in brown (10 s.); signed off as approved in red (although this turned out not to be the case). Reassembled from the original sheet dated August 28, 1886; illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4514. Unique and splendid group.rnProvenance: Collection L. du P. Chiappini; Collection David Springbett.