1918: De La Rue Essay for the War Stamp 1½ d. value, Frame only
printed in black, with value tablet "One Penny Halfpenny"
hand-painted in
1918: De La Rue Essay for the War Stamp 1½ d. value, Frame only
printed in black, with value tablet "One Penny Halfpenny"
hand-painted in black affixed to proposal card dated '12 APR 1918'
in blue, signed off "Approved WHM 16.4.18" (Sir William H. Mercer)
in manuscript below; with pencil manuscript on reverse "Reqsn. for
special 1½d. from new border plate for o/ptd. War Stamp".
Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton
RDP on page 2087 and by John G.M. Davis in "War Tax Stamps" on page
45. A spendid and unique Essay. Provenance: Collection John G.M.
Davis, Grosvenor, London, 6-7 Oct 2010, lot 695
