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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 97

Mauritius 1859 J. Lapirot Issue Early Impressions 2d. blue, [5], variety double impression, clearly spaced with the second impression lightly inked at some 1 1/2mm. to foot, good margins with the variety most noticeable at foot where the margin is largest, neatly cancelled with void oval of bars leaving the variety clearly visible; fine and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1975) states "bounced double impression". S.G. 37 var., £2,250 Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: This variety was represented in the Kanai collection by a block of four and a single, neither of which was spaced anywhere near as widely as the stamp offered above

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