Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1873 Piece cut from the De La Rue ink recipe book bearing a recipe for olive ink with the note "6d English Postage" and "In February 1873 the yellow brown ink was abandoned for the above Postage and this ink was used instead", bearing a block of four imperf De La Rue dummy stamps. The reverse side has a similar block of four dummy stamps in deep yellow, the adjoining ink recipe headed "New Zealand Postage" with the note "Some of this ink was supplied 27th March 1867". Two unique ink recipes, the yellow ink used for the New Zealand 1864-71 4d, the olive ink used for 1873 6d grey which replaced the pale chestnut stamp. Photo on Page 195.
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