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Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4610

MAURITIUS
Postal History
Maritime Mail
1856 (5 Nov.) "Pipon Bell" entire letter from Liverpool to Port Louis, marked "per Steamer via the Cape", rated "1/-" and showing despatch datestamp with, on reverse, Dartmouth transit c.d.s. (6.11), framed "packet" (Type SL2; second period of use) in red and Crowned "mauritius/gpo" arrival d.s. (6.3.57). Photo

Note: Packet handstamps in red are scarce in this colour, appearing only on mail carried by steamers of the Lindsay line during their brief tenure of the mail contract.

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Estimate
£400 to £500