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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 386

Mauritius
1859, Lapirot Issue, 2d blue,
intermediate impression, exceptional vertical pair with wide sheet margin at right [8-12], tied by barred ovals to 1850 (Jan 9) cover from Port Louis to Bordeaux, sent aboard the "Benares" via Aden, G.P.P. despatch datestamp on flap, corner of [8] stamp folded where dumb oval cancellation applied; the stamps have been removed, pressed, and treated to reduce staining, and replaced. A rare cover; signed Calbes, with 1996 B.P.A. certificate. (S.G. 38)
Used

Sold for
$7,500

Starting price
$1500