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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 117

Mauritius 1848-59 "post paid" Issue Intermediate Impressions 2d. blue, touched to very large margins, neatly cancelled "3" on 1854 (28 June) entire letter from Pamplemousse to "Monsieur Henry Adams" (founder of the Mauritius Commercial bank and addressee of the famous "Ball" envelope) at St. Louis, showing Crowned "mauritius/g p o" arrival d.s. (29.6) and, on reverse, boxed "Souillac" d.s. (28.6). Rare and most attractive. B.P.A. Certificate (1996) Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 provenance: "St. Louis", 2006

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