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Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4109

MAURITIUS
1858-62 Britannia Issues
1859-61 Imperforate Issue
1861 (6 Feb.) envelope ex the "Harkness" correspondence to Hastings, marked "via Southampton Pd", bearing 1859 imperf 6d. blue with large margins neatly tied by "general post office/Crown/mauritius" circular h.s. (Type K4; earliest recorded date), showing red ink "1½d" alongside, Dover c.d.s. with manuscript "Missent to" in violet ink alongside and, on reverse, G.P.O. Mauritius double-ring d.s. and arrival c.d.s. A rare and attractive franking. Photo

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