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CEYLON 1899 SG261 Proof

Stock Code: P212014365

1899 (June) 15c colour trial in blue (as adopted for the 1899-1900 set), imperforate on unwmkd paper, fresh part o.g. Small thin at top (and archival pin-prick at NW corner), still fine appearance and very rare. [This colour was first proposed on 25 May as part of "Appendix A", and approved on 27 June, after inclusion in the final scheme submitted on 22 June ("Appendix C"). See "The De La Rue Collection" pp. 2533-35, and Easton's "De La Rue History" pp. 626-7.]

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