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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: 1333

Mauritius
Lapirot Issue, 1859
Worn Impressions
2d. blue [12] with good to very large margins, tied by two strikes of dumb obliterator on 1859 (5 Oct.) envelope addressed to "Rivière Seche à la partie de Flacq", showing framed "Souillac" h.s. with manuscript date inserted and, on reverse, "g.p.o./mauritius" double-ring d.s. (6.10) and superb framed "Eastern Suburb" datestamp (6.10); the envelope with some soiling and creasing. The only example recorded to date of this extremely rare inland usage from one provincial to another via Port Louis. A major exhibition item. Holcombe (1993) and Brandon (2007) Certificates. S.G. 39. Photo

provenance:
Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993
Vikram Chand
"Tatiana", October 2020

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Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£2100