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AR628
1930 KGV Field Marshal issue. COLOUR TRIAL of the £5 revenue duty, printed in unissued colours with an indigo vignette and deep, dark blue frame. The stamp is imperforate with an upper margin by which it has been affixed to a gilt-edged presentation card (63x104mm). Endorsed at top in ink “not approved / surround to be bluer / & darker, portrait to / be more violet as / in previous issue / [initials] 6/8/30”. Also numbered “2” at left. With printed label at base ‘ENGRAVED & PRINTED BY BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LTD / NEW MALDEN SURREY.’ Superb and most attractive. Rare.
£950