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Watermark Crown CC 1870/83: Die Proof for the ½ d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, cut down to stamp size and signed off at base "E.N." in manuscript, recorded in the DLR day book for 22 October 1891. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4299, small scuffs but a very rare working Proof.rnProvenance. Grosvenor, London, 15-16 May 2003, lot 811.rn