12 Jun 2018 – 15 Jun 2018
1254 lots
Lot 20851 | 1859 Sherwin 2d with 124 numeral of Aden
Mauritius » 1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40)
1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.7, with 124 numeral of ADEN, just touched to narrow margins, slight thins and corner crease, very presentable and rare, cert….
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 20852 | 1859 Sherwin 2d with 124 numeral of Aden
Mauritius » 1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40)
1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.9, with 124 numeral of ADEN, just touched to narrow margins, tiny slight thins, very presentable and rare, cert. Sismondo (2002)
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 20853 | 2d deep blue, position 8, used
Mauritius » 1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40)
1859 Sherwin 2d deep blue, position 8, used, close but clear even margins, repaired, very rare, cert. Sismondo (2001) (SG £8’000)
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 20854 | 1859 Sherwin 2d with 124 numeral of Aden
Mauritius » 1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40)
1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.8, with CLEAR 124 numeral of ADEN, cut into, slight thins and corner creases, very presentable and rare
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 20855 | 1d deep red, used with oval bars, clear to good margins
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1d deep red, used with oval bars, clear to good margins, thin spots, scarce (SG £2’500), cert. PF (1994)
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20856 | Dardenne 1d dull vermilion
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, good to huge margins, barred oval cancel, fine (SG £1’400)
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20857 | 1d dull vermilion, used, touched at right, three adequate to very large margins,
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, used with “PAID” in circle, touched at right, three adequate to very large margins, repaired, scarce, cert. Sismondo (2001)…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20858 | Dardenne with transfer flaw
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d slate-blue, pos.50, with “feather” transfer flaw variety at foot, good to huge margins, neat PAID circular hs, very fine and attractive…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 20859 | Dardenne unused vertical pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue unused vertical pair, pos.2/8, just touched to close margins on three sides, lower margin large showing characteristic scratch for…
Estimate: 1000 – 1500 GBP
Lot 20860 | Dardenne with minor retouch
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue pair, pos.61-62, with both stamps showing the “minor retouch” variety, fine to large margins, viod barred oval cancels, a unique…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 20861 | Dardenne with cut transfer flaw
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue pair, pos.63-64, with right stamp showing “cut transfer” at lower left corner, good to huge margins, void barred oval cancels, very…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 20862 | Dardenne used pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue vertical pair, pos.41/47, with fine to good margins, void barred oval cancels, creasing in between stamps, fine appearance
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20863 | Dardenne unused vertical pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, pos.53, used with fine to good margins, neat void barred oval, tiny corner crease, fine (SG £850)
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20864 | Dardenne unused vertical pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d blue, pos.6, used with fine even margins, neat void barred oval, small thin at top, fine appearance (SG £850)
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20865 | 1860 (Mar 8) Entire datelined “Ile Maurice, St. Av
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1860 (Mar 8) Entire datelined “Ile Maurice, St. Avolo, Moka”, sent to Reunion with 1859 Dardenne 2d blue pair with good to very large margins cancelled…
Estimate: 10’000 – 15’000 GBP
Lot 20866 | 1859 Dardenne 2d. bright blue, two singles with clear to huge margins, on 1860 cover from Port Louis to Réunion
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d. bright blue, two singles with clear to huge margins, from positions 18 & 4, on 1860 cover from Port Louis to Réunion, cancelled by dumb…
Estimate: 5’000 – 7’000 GBP
Lot 20867 | 1860 Wrapper to Reunion with 1859 Dardenne vertical pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1860 (Mar 17) Wrapper to Reunion with 1859 Dardenne vertical pair, pos.2/8, just cut into to fine margins, tied by void barred ovals, endorsed “per Union”,…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 20868 | Dardenne unused
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
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…
Estimate: 1000 – 1500 GBP
Lot 20869 | Dardenne with line flaw
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
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,…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20870 | Dardenne used pair
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue pair, pos.29-30, with fine to very good margins, neat PAID cancels, two central thins, fine appearance
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20871 | 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
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)
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20872 | Dardenne used
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue, pos.73, with good even margins, neat barred oval cancel, small thin, fine, cert. RPS (1988)
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20873 | 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue vertical pair on cover
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
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…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 20874 | 1859 Dardenne 1d and 2d group of 6
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne 1d and 2d group on a fragment of album page from Kanai’s introduction (introductory text included on separate fragment), showing the three…
Estimate: 2000 – 3000 GBP
Lot 20875 | Dardenne group
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
1859 Dardenne group, all variously repaired, incl. 1d unused cert. Sismondo, four 1d used and three 2d used incl. major retouch to neck variety, useful…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 20876 | 1876 Entire to Australia with 1863-72 1s orange
Mauritius » Later Issues
1876 (May 26) Entire to Australia with 1863-72 1s orange wing marginal tied by B53 duplex, with “d / 10” accountancy hs adjacent, arrival bs, a fresh and…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20877 | 1860-63 De La Rue no watermark 1d brown paying concession rate
Mauritius » Later Issues
1860-63 De La Rue no watermark 1d brown, paying the military concession rate on Soldier’s Letter, cover correctly countersigned by officer commanding the…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 20878 | 1860 Soldier’s concessionary rate cover to England
Mauritius » 1860-72 De La Rue Issues (SG 46-72)
1860-63 1d. purple-brown (top overlapping right edge of envelope), on 1860 (Jul 7) envelope sent at the concessionary rate to the UK, cancelled by concentric…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 20879 | 1861 Soldier’s concessionary rate cover to England
Mauritius » Later Issues
1861 (Oct 5) Envelope sent at the concessionary rate to the UK with 1860-63 1d cancelled by B53 numeral, endorsed “From Sapper. P. Cunningham 21st Compy…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 20880 | 1860 De La Rue No Wmk unused set
Mauritius » Later Issues
1860 De La Rue No Wmk unused set with extra 4d, 6d green with light gum creasing and minor toning, 1s faulty, rest average to fine (SG £4’575)
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 20881 | 1860-63 De La Rue imperforate Imprimaturs
Mauritius » Later Issues
1860-63 De La Rue imperforate Imprimaturs on unwatermarked paper, 1d, 2d, 4d (marginal with streaky gum), 6d green pair and 1s buff (crease), all fresh,…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 20882 | Unique Mauritius Used in Reunion Cover
Mauritius » Later Issues
1861 (Apr 7) Wrapper from REUNION to India franked with Mauritius 1860-63 4d rose pair tied by blue lozenge of dots cancellations with matching St. Denis…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 GBP
Lot 20883 | 1862 1s Deep Green unused
Mauritius » Later Issues
1862 1s Deep Green perf. 14-16 unused, trimmed perfs at left otherwise a fine space filler, plus 6d slate unused singles (2) and mint strip of three
Estimate: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 20884 | 1868 Cover to Saigon
Mauritius
1863-72 Crown CC 1d purple brown used with 4d rose and 6d yellow green on folded cover to Saigon “via Aden”, stamps cancelled small B53 numerals, red “11d”…
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
Lot 20885 | 1863-72 De La Rue wmk Crown CC mint/unused group
Mauritius » Later Issues
1863-72 De La Rue wmk Crown CC mint/unused group incl. 6d & 1s imperf. plate proofs, 2d imperf. single (cert. RPS 1949), 1d and 1s with inverted watermarks,…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 20886 | De La Rue Specimen manuscripts
Mauritius » Later Issues
1863-72 Crown CC 1d brown, 2d pale blue, 3d dull red, 4d rose, 6d dull violet, 9d yellow-green, 1s yellow and 5s bright mauve all with manuscript “Specimen”…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 20887 | 1863-72 Imperf proofs with CANCELLED overprint
Mauritius » Later Issues
1863-72 Imperf. proofs with CANCELLED overprint in marginal horizontal blocks of 12, with the 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, ungummed, some faint toning on…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 20888 | 1863-72 De La Rue imperforate Plate Proofs
Mauritius » Later Issues
1863-72 De La Rue imperforate Plate Proofs on glazed paper, no watermark, 1d brown, 2d bright blue, 4d deep rose, 6d deep blue green, 10d deep maroon,…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 20889 | 1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s imperforate
Mauritius » Later Issues
1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, imperforate on glazed paper in near-issued colours ovpt CANCELLED, special printing by De La Rue for the 1872 South…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 20890 | 1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s imperforate CANCELLED proofs
Mauritius
1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, imperforate on glazed paper in near-issued colours ovpt CANCELLED, special printing by De La Rue for the 1872 South…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 20891 | 1866 (Jun 17) Envelope from Mahébourg
Mauritius » Later Issues
1866 (Jun 17) Envelope from Mahébourg to England with 1863-72 6d dull violet and 4d rose cancelled by crisp “1” target numerals, “9d” accountancy hs and…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20892 | 1876 Half Penny on 9d dull purple with double surcharge
Mauritius » Later Issues
1876 Half Penny on 9d dull purple with double surcharge, B53 numeral, perforation faults, very scarce variety, cert. Brandon (2004)
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20893 | 1876 1/2d on 9d Dull Purple (red surcharge) unused
Mauritius » Later Issues
1876 1/2d on 9d Dull Purple (red surcharge) unused, very fine and rare (SG £3’250)
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 20894 | 1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in red with CANCELLED overprint
Mauritius » Later Issues
1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in red with CANCELLED overprint in pair showing strong shift of the surcharge, unused, fine and scarce
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20895 | 1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in black with CANCELLED overprint
Mauritius » Later Issues
1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in black with CANCELLED overprint, left wing marginal, regummed, one bent corner perf. otherwise fine and rare
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 20896 | 1878 2R50c colour trial in dull violet
Mauritius » Later Issues
1878 2R50c colour trial in dull violet, mint og, trivial corner bend, described by Ibbotson p.160, very rare, ex Kanai
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20897 | 1879-80 4c De La Rue die proof
Mauritius » Later Issues
1879-80 4c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 27 1877, fine
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20898 | 1879-80 Issue imprimaturs
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
8c, 13c (very close margin at left), 38c and 2R50 (small wrinkle) imperf. imprimatur group, mint hr, fine (4)
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20899 | 1879-80 13c De La Rue die proof
Mauritius » Later Issues
1879-80 13c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 14 1877, fine
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20900 | 1879-80 13c Slate used strip of four
Mauritius » Later Issues
1879-80 13c Slate used strip of four with “B32” numerals, perfs strengthened between 2nd & 3rd stamp, a few short perfs at left, a rare multiple (SG £1’300+)
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP