Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2

1872: De La Rue Die Proof for proposed 10 d. value, with scrolling below frame, without Corner Letters and Plate Numbers, printed in black on white glazed card, handstamped "Dec 12, 1872" (inverted '1' in '12') and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Some aging at edges but extremely rare Gi = £ 3'750.rnReference: A die proof from the same day and inverted '1' in '12' datestamp is in the Reginald M. Phillips collection, N.P.M., Phillps collection vol. XXXIV, page 16.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons Auction 23 Feb. 1990, lot 462.