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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 115

Mauritius 1848-59 "post paid" Issue Early Impressions 2d. blue, [6] and [12], both superb with good or large to enormous margins and each crisply cancelled with circle of bars on 1849 (26 July) part letter sheet "p Paragon" to Calcutta, showing Crowned "mauritius/g p o" d.s. at foot and showing, on reverse, boxed "calcutta/ship letter/Inland Bg/Ship Do/Total" completed for 4as. Outstanding quality and an exceptionally rare franking of these early classic stamps. R.P.S. Certificate (2004). S.G. 8 Estimate £ 45,000-50,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, 1970

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£42,000