Provincial Airways - Detailed Study of 3d air label.
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British Internal Airmails of the 1930’s
Section 5 - Directors Samples
These were printed to submit to the Directors of Provincial Airways to select the final colour combination. Some were put
through the press the wrong way round which therefore created an inverted vignette. The errors were thought to have been
leaked onto the philatelic market and were not destined for the powers that be. [**NOTE** I suspect this is incorrect. The
samples did appear on the market, but they were probably not leaked. The inverted vignette may have been an initial accident,
but there were far too many printed for them all to be accidents. I suspect the directors saw the potential in selling these to
collectors. In the end they were packaged in packets and sold. (Francis Field). How they were first marketed is not known, but
now they are sold as proofs when they are no such thing.]
Orange and Blue
on Ivory Card
Blue on Ivory Card
Red and Orange on Ivory Card. Inverted.
Orange and Blue on Ivory Card
on Ivory Card
Blue on Ivory Card
Red and Orange on Ivory Card. Inverted.