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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 52

Mauritius 1848-59 "POST PAID" Issue Intermediate Impressions on Yellowish, White, Grey or Bluish Paper of Poorer Quality 1d. dull vermilion horizontal pair, [1-2], roughly separated resulting in clear to enormous margins, each cancelled "16" and affixed on 1857 (7 Feb.) large part entire from Rivière Sèche to Port Louis, showing "Eastern Suburb" framed datestamp and Crowned "mauritius/gpo" datestamp alongside; the entire with a horizontal crease at centre clear of the pair, and with a little soiling though a rare franking. S.G. 11 Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Note: A similar cover from the same correspondence was included in the Kanai sale of 1993

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£4,000