£180 - £220
1959 Air set, 200f handpainted stamp size essays, an unadopted design in dark blue featuring a dove carrying a letter, mounted on thick card bearing a "Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, 1959" label, 95x95mm; and the adopted design showing two doves carrying a letter or olive branch, in pale blue (which was never used for the issued set), on card, cut around the handpainted perfs. Also a preliminary coloured sketch of a dove. A unique group from the De La Rue archives. (3). Photo on Pages 158 & 160.
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