ST KITTS NEVIS 1884 SGR3/6 Proof

Stock Code: P189002367

Revenue. 1884 (Apr 22) sheet (161 x 211mm) from the DLR proof book with M/S heading "St Kitts-Nevis Revenue Stamps / Scheme of Proposed Colours", affixed with four St Christopher UNDENOMINATED colour trials, wmk CA, PERF 12, in rose, mauve, orange-brown and olive, each with type R2 "SAINT KITTS / NEVIS / REVENUE" opt and value tablet ticked and initialled alongside in red. The adhesives with suggested denominations ("1d", "3d", "6d", "1s") at left, the 1d additionally marked at right "Same colour as St Kitts & Nevis 1d Postage Stamps", the 3d and 1s "Proposed colour - There are no 3d [or 1s/-] Postage Stamps either in St Kitts or Nevis", the 6d "Same colour as settled upon for the 6d Nevis Postage Stamps - see scheme attached to Messrs Thos De La Rue & Co's letter of August 1st 1883". A unique and fascinating item. Ex De La Rue archives. [See "The De La Rue Collection, Vol V p.5483]

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