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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 34

Mauritius 1848-59 "POST PAID" Issue Earliest Impressions on Thick Paper 2d. deep blue on greyish paper, [10], showing unusual under-inking in the tablets at left and at foot, unused without gum and with clear to very large margins, lovely rich colour; tiny light mark in margin at foot. A very fine and most attractive example of this classic rarity. S.G. 5, £45,000 Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 provenance: Ferrary, Sale 1, June 1921 Tomasini

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£15,000