CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3

Chalons 1870: De La Rue printing from Perkins Bacon Dies, 2 d. emerald-green, imperforate on thin pelure paper without watermark, an unused example with shaved to ample margins all round, of fine colour, without gum. Extremely rare - prepared solely for display at the 1870 Paris Exhibition.rnProvenance: Collection Sebastian Earl, RL, Geneva, 25 April 1980; Collection W. Frazer, Spink, London, 18 Sept 2003, lot 538.