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Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4500

MAURITIUS
Postal History
Instructional Markings
1846 (20 Apr.) entire letter from Port Louis to Pau, rated "1/8d" (on reverse) and "19", showing fine intaglio "overland" h.s. (Type I1; earliest recorded date), red Marseilles entry d.s. and, on reverse, "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s., Colombo Steamer Letter (11.6) and Alexandria British PO (11.7) datestamps, circular "purife au lazaret/malte" h.s., Toulouse and arrival datestamps. Very rare, one of two recorded examples. Photo

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