CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

1874: De La Rue Master Die Proof with blank Duty Plate, printed in black on glazed white card (92 x 60 mm.) and struck with "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "Mar. 25, 1874" in black. Illustrated in Ince & Sacher "The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" on page 66. Slight soiling but extremely rare.rnNote: The Colonel Danson collection contained a (faulty) Die Proof dated on the same day endorsed "Penny Halfpenny" in pencil manuscript, Ince & Sacher believed this to be an erroneous date. According to Ince & Sacher just two dated Die Proofs are known.rnProvenance: Collection H.G. Porter.rnrn