Orange River Colony Revenue 1900 De La Rue Handpainted Accepted
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- 1900 1/- Cheque Stamp Type:
- Magnificent HANDPAINTED ESSAY finely executed in pen, red colourwash and Chinese white;
- on buff tracing paper 70x90mm marked and dated "F" & "Sep 12. 01.". The essay mounted on buff paper.
- Wonderful archival piece, superb, most attractive.
- Ex De La Rue archives, van Heerden & Trotter.
- This essay comes from a period that showcased some of De La Rue's finest artwork. Painstakingly handpainted essays using combinations of colour washes, Chinese white and very fine penwork.
- This Design F was proposed by De La Rue for use for the Embossed Revenues and was accepted as submitted.