Lot 20873 – 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue vertical pair on cover

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)