1900 DE LA RUE DESIGN PROPOSALS: POSTAGE & REVENUE: Large Format: QV £10 stamp size sepia PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY mounted on card dated "Nov.28th 1900" inscribed "D" and "Head: Black / Border: Red". Inscribed for dual Postage & Revenue use, a wonderful well-preserved unfaded strong impression featuring the Von Angeli portrait. A rare & exceptional proof. Ex De La Rue archives & Trotter. Proposals for the new Colonial stamps featuring Queen Victoria were abandoned upon her death in January 1901.