Lot 80099 – 1856 Surcharged 4d green, good to enormous margins

Stamp of Mauritius » 1858-62 Britannia Issues (SG 26-35) 1856 Surcharged 4d green, good to enormous margins

Lot 80099 – 1856 Surcharged 4d green, good to enormous margins

Mauritius » 1858-62 Britannia Issues (SG 26-35)
Price realised
2’000 GBP
Estimate
2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 7 Dec 2017 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1856 Surcharged 4d green, good to enormous margins and tied by black target cancel to folded cover Port Louis (cds SP 1 1858) to Cape of Good Hope by the vessel “Emily Smith” via Algoa Bay, landed at Port Elizabeth SP 28 and sent thence overland to Cape Town arriving OC 2, charged “8” for Cape postage, minor mount soils, a fine and rare single franking. Provenance: Kanai Expertise: Signed W. E. Lea
Catalogue ref: 26

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