項次 1771

1870s Hong Kong QV stamp colour reference sheet set of 9 in vertical pair, denominations from 2c to 96c. 8c with slight ink on surface. According to Marcus Samuel, these colour reference sheets were produced by De La Rue for their record of the printing plates of Crown Colonies Stamp including Hong Kong, Strait Settlements, New Zealand etc. Only 1 sheet of 240 stamps of each value of each of these colonies were printed. Please see “Hong Kong QV Plate Proofs?” by William Kwan.

1870年代香港維多利亞女皇像顏色參考票直雙連共9件，面值由2仙至96仙。8仙票面帶輕微墨污。按Marcus Samuel所述，這批顏色參考票由德納羅印製，以存檔記錄英國殖民地郵票之版式。當中包括香港、海峽殖民地、新西蘭等。每個殖民地之每款面額僅印製一版240枚。詳見William Kwan著《Hong Kong QV Plate Proofs?》一文。