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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 107

Mauritius 1848-59 "post paid" Issue Earliest Impressions 2d. indigo-blue, [11], a superb example of intense colour and excellent detailed impression which is only found in the earliest printings, large to very large margins all round, cancelled and tied by circle of bars on 1849 (9 July) entire from Flacq to Port Louis, showing "flacq/juy 10 1849" boxed d.s. alongside framed "inland" h.s., the reverse with "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s. across join. Exceptionally fine and a highly important stamp on cover, of which only one other inferior example exists A magnificent classic issue cover in optimum condition and of the utmost rarity which has graced many of the great Mauritius collections. S.G. 4 Estimate £ 50,000-60,000 Note: To our knowledge we believe that only two covers are known bearing the indigo-blue shade. The other was in the Dale Lichtenstein collection and is far inferior to the cover offered above, the stamp only being tied by a manuscript "X" transit marking provenance: Alfred H. Caspary, 1958 Dr. Chan Chin Cheung, 1961 Donald Gray, 1962 Stevens, 1964 H. Kanai, 1993 "K.L.", 1996 William H. Gross, 2008

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