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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 78

Mauritius 1858-62 Britannia Issues 1858 "FOUR-PENCE" Green A horizontal pair and a single, generally with margins all round except at left on the pair, affixed and uncancelled on 1858 (11 June) envelope (complete with contents, used to date the sending) from Port Louis "pr Polymnie" to Aden, no postal markings of despatch or arrival; the pair largely severed with scissor-cut which cuts in to one stamp. Despite the lack of cancellations, a very rare franking from a known correspondence with interesting contents regarding the sale of rum and coffee. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 26 Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 provenance: L.U.G. Tripp, May 1948

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