Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4111
MAURITIUS
1858-62 Britannia Issues
1859-61 Imperforate Issue
1862 (5 Feb.) entire to Bordeaux, marked "Par Nepaul" and "Voie de Suez", bearing 1/- vermilion in combination with 1860 4d. carmine, both tied by "B53" obliterator, showing red unframed "p.d." and Marseilles entry d.s. with, on reverse, despatch and arrival datestamps; both stamps with stains and crossed by horizontal filing crease. R.P.S. Certificate (2013) states "the 1s stamp did not originate on this lettersheet", a view with which we do not concur. S.G. 34,48. Photo
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Estimate
£1,500 to £1,800