Waterlow Printer's Archive from the 1931 Anniversary of British
North Borneo Company issue. Complete set of eight values 3 c. to $
5 in
Waterlow Printer's Archive from the 1931 Anniversary of British
North Borneo Company issue. Complete set of eight values 3 c. to $
5 in matching bottom marginal blocks of twenty (10 x 2) with
printer's imprint 'Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Wall, London E.C.'.
Printed in the issued colours on ungummed paper, each value
comprising; 1) a progressive imperforate Die Proof of the frame
only (additional example for the $ 5 printing), 2) a Die Proof in
completed designs (additional examples for the 3 c., 10 c. & $ 1
printings) and 3) a perforated block of stamps in the complete
design (additional example for the 25 c. value). All with punch
holes between each block of four and a number with notations in the
margins, such as; "Vignette plate correct / Improve registered",
"Green Colour Correct", "8000,000 stamps / = 8,000 pulls" and
"Wording May correct - as approved Proof". There are also some with
printer's corrections on select stamps. Odd crease, stain and fault
as would be expected with a lot of this type. A spectacularly eye
catching assemble of twenty-nine bottom corner marginal blocks of
twenty (29). Rare and extraordinary lot from the printer's files
