David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 173 173 20868 DCE 44 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue unused, with good to very good margins, light corner crease at lower left, very fine and rare unused example, cert. Sismondo (2007) which states pos.37 but we have not found this stamp’s plating features in Rudge’s book 1’000-1’500 20869 20870 20871 20872 20869 H 44 1859 Dardenne 2d blue, pos.51, showing partial kiss print with line flaw at foot, large to huge margins, void barred oval cancel, very fine and unusual, ex Kanai, cert. BPA (1994) (SG £850) 300-400 20870 H 44 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue pair, pos.29-30, with fine to very good margins, neat PAID cancels, two central thins, fine appearance 300-400 20871 H 44 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue, pos.72, with large to very large margins and neat barred oval in black, faint trace of a thin under the hinge, fine (SG £850) 200-300 20872 H 44 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue, pos.73, with good even margins, neat barred oval cancel, small thin, fine, cert. RPS (1988) 100-150 20873 F 44 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue vertical pair, pos.38/44, on cover from Port Louis to France, just tied by barred ovals at right, GPO MAURITIUS MR 8 1860 despatch (last voyage of the vessel “Salsette”), red V. SUEZ French entry, top stamp showing part of papermaker’s watermark “I” (clearly visible through the paper of the cover) and highly unusual thus, ex “Saint Louis”, cert. BPA (1998) 2’000-3’000