Proofs

Lot number 1855 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

Detailed proposal by J. De Bast for - Colis Postaux (1941), with fine photographic illustrations showing the evolution towards the final design, exceptional, very fine

Lot number 1856 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

STES RP011, Special offset, all 5 values in authorised colours on thick Japanese cream paper, imperforated, index-5, very fine

Lot number 1857 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

STES RP012, Special offset, all 5 values in approved colours on thick Japanese cream paper, perforated, index-5, very fine

Lot number 1858 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

STES RP013/15 “Various crafts”, final state with darker colours on Japanese paper, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1859 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 0111 “1902/1914 10c reddish-brown” (block of four) proof with double inverted overprint + idem 50c pink and violet (printing waste?), very fine.

Lot number 1860 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 255 “20c. black violet”, FIRST STATE, on standard cream paper, embossing seal and initials J. De Bast, index-3, very fine

Lot number 1861 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 255A “20c. black violet”, SECOND STATE, on plain cream paper, embossing seal and initials J. De Bast, index-3, very fine

Lot number 1862 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 256 “20c. brown”, on bluish paper, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1863 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 262 “10fr. brown-violet”, Japanese paper, embossing seal and initials J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1864 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 263, FIRST state proof, “6fr. + 6fr. engraver”, reddish-brown, on cream paper with embossing seal, initials J. De Bast, index-3, very fine

Lot number 1865 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 267, proof from the NOT-approved mould “6fr. + 6fr. railway worker”, brown-violet, on yellowish paper with embossing seal and initials J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1866 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 269, FIRST state proof, “8F + 10F engine driver”, dark green, on cream paper with embossing seal, initialled and signed by J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1867 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 272, THIRD state proof (engraving completed), “8fr. + 10fr. engine driver”, dark green, on cream paper with embossing seal and initials J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1868 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 275, proof of the NOT-approved mould “9fr. + 16fr. carrier”, black, on yellowish paper with an embossing seal and signed J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1869 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 279, proof of the approved mould for stamp TR 260, grey, on yellowish paper with an embossing seal and initialed J. De Bast, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1870 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 284, proof of the approved mould for stamp TR 261, green, on yellowish paper with an embossing seal and initials ‘J. De Bast’, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1871 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 288 Proof from the approved mould of stamp TR 262, grey, on yellowish paper with embossing seal and initials ‘J. De Bast’, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1872 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 296 “100fr.”; these essays exist in other colours, signed “J. De Bast” and with an embossing seal, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1873 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 304 “100fr. light blue”, cream paper, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1874 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 304 “100fr. purplish blue”, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1875 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

STES 304a “100fr. blue”, first state, the shadow on the meadow is unfinished, signed, cream paper, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1876 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

STES 325/341 “Locomotives”, special print in approved colours, on large sheets of cream card paper, index-2, very fine

Lot number 1877 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

Photographic offset of TR 267, 277, 278, 281 and 282, on thick white card, very fine

Lot number 1878 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

Between TR 100 and TR 125, set of 12 essays from the plate * + reprint in pairs of TR 5 (yellow-green), very fine/fine

Lot number 1879 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

Between TR 101 and 127, 19 essays of the plate, very fine

Lot number 1880 Quality: ❒

B - Big flat box

3 printing plates (copper alloy on lead) from the 1902–14 set, very fine