Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 6

1912 circa: Salesman's Sample Book with covers in black and indented "SPECIMENS OF STAMPS / ENGRAVED BY / BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD., / LONDON." in gold, containing 87 different Proofs with inside front cover devoted to the Mexico 1899 and 1910 Independence issue with 22 different imperforate Proofs most perforated SPECIMEN horizontally at base all in unissued combinations of colour; Romania with 12 Proofs imperforate from 1906 issues all perforated SPECIMEN horizontally at base all in unissued combinations of colour; Bulgaria with the 1911 set of 12 all perforated SPECIMEN horizontally in close to issued colours; Crete with 18 imperforate Proofs from the 1900, 1901, 1905 and 1907 issues all perforated horizontally and all in unissued colours or combinations of colour; and the final "mixed" page all Imperforate with El Salvador 1903 2 c. in lake and 3 c. printed in violet and Fiscal 1 real in green; Chile 1894 1 c. in pale blue and 1904 Telegraphs 10 c. in bright ultramarine; Bolivia 1894 10 c. violet; Rhodesia 1890/94 Proofs for 6 d. value in green and £ 5 in blue; Spain 1876 Alfonso 1 p. in orange, Egypt unissued 5 m. black & lilac (Pyramid) and 10 m. Camel Train in black, blue and sepia; British East Africa 1890/94 ½ a. in pale blue, Transvaal Revenue 5 s. in pale and deep brown; "British Central Africa" unissued 2/6 d.  value; Argentina 1884 12 c. in green; Queensland 1882/85 2/6 d. in brown; Mexico "Prueba" perf. 1 c. brown; 1906 Milano Exhibition label in pale and deep mauve; Falkland Islands 1898 2 s. 6 d. in blue and 5 s. in brown; Brazil 200 r. unissued adhesive in brown, Hyderabad 1905 3 a. in yellow-olive. Reverse with "THIS BOOK IS THE PROPERTY OF BRADBURY WILKINSON & COMPANY....TO WHOM IT MUST BE RETURNED WITH ITS CONTENTS INTACT". A magnificent book of great rarity.