Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 1

1922/25: Defintive 1½ d. (3, one in carmine, two in scarlet); 4 d. red on pale yellow, 5 d. sage-green and 3 s. black on red, these last all in horizontal pairs, Imperforate Proof examples from the sheetlets of six held by an Official at De La Rue and later sold to H.F. Johnson who burned any damaged examples (thus six or less of each can exist); largely fresh and fine large part og. Extremely rare.rnProvenance: H.F. Johnson; Spink, London, 10 Nov 1999, lot 1803.