Lot 563
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essay 1907 Arms of the Colony Issue, 3d. composite essay, the vignette photographic (slightly oxidised) in dull blue (the design as issued, the lettering not as adopted) with matching handpainted background , the frame printed in the same colour as the vignette and touched up with chinese white, set into sunken frame (80x85mm.) which is annotated and dated "Nov. 2nd. 06". Highly appealing. Photo
essay 1907 Arms of the Colony Issue, 3d. composite essay, the vignette photographic (slightly oxidised) in dull blue (the design as issued, the lettering not as adopted) with matching handpainted background , the frame printed in the same colour as the vignette and touched up with chinese white, set into sunken frame (80x85mm.) which is annotated and dated "Nov. 2nd. 06". Highly appealing. Photo

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essay 1907 Arms of the Colony Issue, 3d. composite essay, the vignette photographic (slightly oxidised) in dull blue (the design as issued, the lettering not as adopted) with matching handpainted background , the frame printed in the same colour as the vignette and touched up with chinese white, set into sunken frame (80x85mm.) which is annotated and dated "Nov. 2nd. 06". Highly appealing. Photo