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Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1307

Mauritius
Post Paid Issue, 1848-59
Early Impressions
1d. vermilion on bluish paper vertical pair, [4/7] with good to large margins, both cancelled "3" (Souillac), good colour and impressions, a few very minor imperfections. A most desirable and rare multiple. Briefmarkenprüstelle Certificate (2002). S.G. 6, £18,000. Photo

provenance:
Arthur Hind, June 1934
Sir Ernest de Silva, March 1957
M. Stevens, April 1964
Lars Amundsen, December 1967
Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993
Vikram Chand
"Tatiana", October 2020

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Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£5000