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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 205

(x) Mauritius
1859 Dardenne Issue
2d. slate-blue, used vertical pair [40/46] tied to piece by two complete strikes of the barred oval cancellation, good to large uneven margins, showing retouch in right margin; very fine and scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1995). S.G. 43, £2,800+

provenance:
Hind, June 1934 (Lot 419)
Dale Lichtenstein, March 1970 (Lot 138)
Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 277)
Schindler, March 1996
"Tatiana", June 2020

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£480