1890 10d Dull Purple and Carmine Colour Trials

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 Trials for determining the colours of the 10d, on white paper, watermark Crown, line perf. 14

Appendix page from the De La Rue archives

 

 

Duty Plate in Blue, Head Plate in Purple History Spink 17026 lot 2114 unsold £8000-10000
WandW Aug 3rd 2016 lot 620 sold £1000 plus com
 

Duty Plate in Red, Head Plate in GreenHistory: Ex “Aureum”, Stanley Gibbons, £7’000; Stanley Gibbons 2019 £4’500
 

Duty Plate in Brown, Head Plate in Purple History: Ex “Aureum”, Stanley Gibbons, £7’000; Stanley Gibbons 2019 £4’500
 

Duty Plate in Blue, Head Plate in GreenHistory: Ex “Aureum”, Stanley Gibbons, £7’000; Stanley Gibbons 2019 £4’500
 

Duty Plate in Purple, Head Plate in Green
Ex Heath and Besancon
 

Duty Plate in Brown, Head Plate in GreenHistory: Warwick and Warwick Aug 3rd 2016 lot 621 sold £1’000 plus com

 

Trials cancelled by Bedford Street S.O. cds

Known with the following duty plate and head plate combinations: blue & purple, brown & purple, red & purple and red & green (below)

Ex Stohert and “Aureum”

Trials for the colour of the 1892 4½ d

Blue Paper

Yellow Paper

Head Plate in Purple
Duty plate in red Duty plate in blue-green Duty plate in brown
Duty plate in blue Also in yellow-green, green,
purple and orange
 

Head Plate in Green

Duty plate in bright purple

 Also known in red, blue,
orange, brown and green

Red Paper

Head Plate in Purple
Duty plate in blue-green Duty plate in red Duty plate in yellow-green
Duty plate in brown Also known in orange-red,
violet and magenta
 

Head Plate in Green

Duty plate in violet

 Duty plate in red Also known in red-orange,
brown and blue