379th Auction
19-24 September 2022 in Wiesbaden
1848, Post Paid 2d. blue, early impression, Pos.11 , beautiful deep colour and nice impression, good even margins, used with light central blue Mahébourg double-ring numeral '1'. A tiny trace of crayon reduced at foot, otherwise very fine . A most attractive copy of this rare stamp. Certificate BPA (2022)
Provenance: Baronet Philip de Ferari (Gilbert 1921)
1859/62, Britannia 6 d. with good margins, in combination with 1860/63, DLR 2 d. blue, tied by mute oval to letter sheet from "G.P.O. MAURITIUS MY 15 1860" to Calcutta, India with clear "CALCUTTA SHIPLETTER 1860 JU 22 Bg." with manuscript "5a". Very fine and rare 8d. rate, paying the letter rate via Aden. A similar cover from the same correspondence, sent one week earlier, was in the Kanai collection.
