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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1176

(x) Mauritius
Collections
1847-1922 lovely mint and used collection on album pages including 'Post Office' reprints of the 1d. and 2d., sheets of forty reprinted impressions of the 1d. 'Post Paid' and 2d. 'Sherwin' issues, reprints from the original plates in orange, deep blue and black, 1848-59 Early Impression 1d. orange-vermilion and 2d. blue, both lovely four margin fresh used examples (the 1d. originally with BPA cert. 44,703 now missing and the 2d. with Brandon cert.), Intermediate Impression 1d. used (2, one with RPS Cert.) and 2d. blue used (originally with BPA cert. No. 59,140 now missing), Later Impression 1d. (6, all used), Dardenne 1d. and 2d. (4) used, Lapirot 2d. used (3), 1858-62 Britannias including 9d. magenta mint, later issues to KGV mainly mint, also a range of Facsimiles and reprints on album pages; a lovely and very valuable collection

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Estimate
£10,000 to £12,000