Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2

1902 (April 9): De La Rue Colour Trials for the Edward VII 1903 issue but utilising Queen Victoria 10 s. designs, prepared for the proposed £1 value, four examples, imperforate on wmk. Crown CA paper: printed in green & carmine, green & violet-brown, green & violet (as selected for the £1 value) and grey & violet; fresh and fine, large part og. For similar examples see the Appendix sheet in 'The De La Rue Collection' edited by Frank Walton RDP. Rare.rnNote: The Queen Victoria 1901 set did not contain a £1 value thus the need for the above Trials, the Colour Trials executed for the Victorian issue utilised the ½d. value.rnProvenance: Two ex collection Col. J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, lots 1840, 1842.