CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

1874/75: The first issue set of six to 1 s. orange (16½ mm.) unused, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, overprinted CANCELLED horizontally in black (Samuel Type D7) and the 1875 1 s. value overprinted Samuel Type D4, and applied to card from the De La Rue archives, all of good colour, some perforations trimmed, trivial aging but fine. Illustrated in "The De LA Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4509. An exceptional and rare set.