27 Oct 2020 – 28 Oct 2020
1726 lots
Lot 30018 | 1845 (Aug 13) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STG. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do. ..” hs in red
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1845 (Aug 13) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STG. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do. ..” hs in red (type IE-2) on reverse along…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30019 | 1844 (Aug 20) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / INWD-SHIP-POSTAGE-PD / INLAND / STEAMER” hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1844 (Aug 20) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / INWD-SHIP-POSTAGE-PD / INLAND / STEAMER” hs (type IE-1) on reverse,endorsed “Per Fasell…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30020 | 1845 (Nov 3) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STG. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do. ..” hs in red
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1845 (Nov 3) Entire from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STG. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do. ..” hs in red (type IE-2) on reverse along…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30021 | 1846 (Aug 16) Wrapper from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STA. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do ..” hs in black with ms rate
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1846 (Aug 16) Wrapper from Port Louis to France with “MAURITIUS / STA. POSTAGE PAID / INLD. Do. .. / SHIP Do ..” hs in black (type IE-2) with ms rate…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30022 | 1847 (Dec 2) Entire sent locally from Souillac to Port Louis with framed “INLAND.” hs and endorsed “Unpaid 2d”
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1847 (Dec 2) Entire sent locally from Souillac to Port Louis with framed “INLAND.” hs (type IIA-3) and endorsed “Unpaid 2d”, reverse with very fine strike…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30023 | 1849 (Mar 2) Entire sent locally to Savanne, top backflap with forwarding annotation
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1849 (Mar 2) Entire sent locally to Savanne, top backflap with forwarding annotation “Recommandé à l’obligiance de Mr. Fauque pr étre acheminée par 1ere…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30024 | 1850 (Nov 19) Wrapper from Mauritius to France with red “Foreign Letter” hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1850 (Nov 19) Wrapper from Mauritius to France with red “Foreign Letter” hs (type IIUD-1) along with double oval “PACKET LETTER” ds (type IIC-2), French…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30025 | 1850 (Dec 13) Entire from Mahébourg to England
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1850 (Dec 13) Entire from Mahébourg to England with blue “PAID” (type IIE-1 (type1)) and Mahébourg boxed ds (type IIB-2), endorsed “By overland via Ceylon”…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30026 | 1851 (Jan 11) Envelope from Mahébourg to England with blue “PAID” and Mahébourg boxed ds
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Jan 11) Envelope from Mahébourg to England with blue “PAID” (type IIE-1 (type1)) and Mahébourg boxed ds (type IIB-2), black “PACKET LETTER” double…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30027 | 1851 (Feb 11) Wrapper sent internally to Port Louis for shipping to England, struck with “Ship Letter” hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Feb 11) Wrapper from Mauritius to England with framed “INLAND.” hs (type IIA-3) and “PAID.” circle hs (type IIH-1) for the internal postage to Port…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30028 | 1851 (Feb 11) Entire from France to Mauritius with black “Foreign Letter” hs struck on arrival
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Feb 11) Entire from France to Mauritius with black “Foreign Letter” hs (type IIUD-1) struck on arrival along with red double oval “PACKET LETTER”…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30029 | 1851 (Apr 30) Entire from Port Louis to VAN DIEMEN’S LAND (Tasmania) with “PAID” circle hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Apr 30) Entire from Port Louis to VAN DIEMEN’S LAND (Tasmania) with “PAID” circle hs (type IIH-1), crowned GPO ds (type IIB-1) and “Ship Letter”…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30030 | 1851 (Jun 21) Wrapper to India with double oval Mauritius Packet Letter ds in black (type IIC-2) with “via Ceylon” hs adjacent
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Jun 21) Wrapper to India with double oval Mauritius Packet Letter ds in black (type IIC-2) with “via Ceylon” hs adjacent, reverse with Calcutta Steam…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30031 | 1851 (Sep 27) Entire sent locally from Souillac to Port Louis with framed “INLAND.” hs IN RED
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1851 (Sep 27) Entire sent locally from Souillac to Port Louis with framed “INLAND.” hs IN RED (type IIA-3) with Souillac boxed ds (type IIB-2), no ms rate,…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30032 | 1852-53 Pair of covers from Mauritius via the Cape to England with instructional handstamps
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1852-53 Pair of covers from Mauritius via the Cape to England: 1852 (Oct 14) envelope endorsed “Per Queen of the South” with ms charge erased and hs “POSTAGE…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 30033 | 1852 (Feb 11) Front from POUDRE D’OR to England, with black framed despatch ds
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1852 (Feb 11) Front from POUDRE D’OR to England, with black framed despatch ds (type IIB-2), endorsed “via Southampton” with ms “1/2” paying the 2d inland…
Estimate: 500 – 750 GBP
Lot 30034 | 1852 (Mar 17) Entire from Souillac to Port Louis sent unpaid with framed “SOUILLAC” ds
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1852 (Mar 17) Entire from Souillac to Port Louis sent unpaid with framed “SOUILLAC” ds (type IIB-2), “INLAND” hs (type IIA-3) and crisp crowned GPO ds,…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30035 | 1852 (Nov 10) Envelope from Mahébourg to Port Louis with blue “PAID” and Mahébourg boxed ds
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1852 (Nov 10) Envelope from Mahébourg to Port Louis with blue “PAID” (type IIE-1 (type1)) and Mahébourg boxed ds (type IIB-2), black “INLAND” (type IIA-3)…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30036 | 1853 (Nov 15) Entire from Souillac to France with Souillac boxed ds
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1853 (Nov 15) Entire from Souillac to France with Souillac boxed ds (IIB-2), “PAID.” hs type (IIE-4) and Packet Letter oval ds, ms “1/6d” rate, with French…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30037 | 1854 (Feb 11) Wrapper from Mauritius to France with “ENVOYÉ PAR / JULIEN GONNET / MAURITIUS” commercial cachet
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1854 (Feb 11) Wrapper from Mauritius to France with “ENVOYÉ PAR / JULIEN GONNET / MAURITIUS” commercial cachet, with “PACKET LETTER” oval double framed…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30038 | 1855 Envelope (incl. original contents) sent from Mauritius to India, ms notation on arrival “Not found / Return to Mauritius”, plus “Returned Letter” cover from the Dead Letter Office
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1855 (Dec 31) Envelope (incl. original contents) sent from Mauritius to India, with crowned GPO despatch ds, ms notation on arrival “Not found / Return…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30039 | 1857 (Dec 17) Envelope sent from Mauritius to India with ms notation on arrival “Not found / Return to Mauritius” plus returned letter cover
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1857 (Dec 17) Envelope from Pipon Bell (incl. original contents) sent from Mauritius to India, endorsed “p Mont Blanc” with crowned GPO ds, with ms notation…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30040 | 1860 (Aug 28) Entire from Madras to Mauritius with “Late Received” hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1860 (Aug 28) Entire from Madras to Mauritius with “Late Received” hs (type IID-3 and a rare postmark according to Kanai), endorsed “per Mermaid” and charged…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30041 | 1862 (Dec 22) Envelope with original letter from a missionary in MADAGASCAR, with red “Ship Letter” hs
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1862 (Dec 22) Envelope with original letter from MADAGASCAR, sent from Antananarivo by the Anglican missionary William Ellis, with ms “8d” erased and replaced…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30042 | 1834-56, Group of 7 stampless covers
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1834-56, Group of 7 stampless covers incl. 1834 entire from Port Louis to London endorsed “N(ew) Y(or)k Pkt” with “INDIA LETTER / HASTINGS” hs on reverse,…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30043 | 1843-56, Group of four stampless covers
Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History
1843-56, Group of four stampless covers incl. 1843 entire from Mauritius to France endorsed “per Victoria”, 1849 wrapper from Port Louis to France with…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30044 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1849 (Dec 22) Entire from Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, sent to Mauritius, with “12” octagonal for Paarl
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1849 (Dec 22) Entire from Paarl to Mauritius, with “12” octagonal for Paarl and nice “GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE TOWN” with crown oval…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30045 | GREAT BRITAIN: 1860 (Nov 1) Wrapper from London to Mauritius with three 1858-76 2d blue pl8 tied by London “88” duplexes
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
GREAT BRITAIN: 1860 (Nov 1) Wrapper from London to Mauritius with three 1858-76 2d blue pl8 tied by London “88” duplexes, with “4 1/2d” accountancy hs…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30046 | NATAL: 1853 (Sep 5) Wrapper from NATAL to Mauritius with blue Natal crown in circle ds
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
NATAL: 1853 (Sep 5) Wrapper from Natal to Mauritius, endorsed “Per Mercury” and rated 6d with blue Natal crown in circle ds, with Mauritius crowned GPO…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30047 | VICTORIA: 1856 (Oct 11) Entire from Melbourne to MAURITIUS with 1854-55 6d dull orange
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
VICTORIA: 1856 (Oct 11) Entire from Melbourne to Mauritius with 1854-55 6d dull orange, very close to large margins (top left corner cosmetically repaired…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30048 | NEW SOUTH WALES: 1852 (Jul 13) Wrapper from Sydney to MAURITIUS with 1850-51 Sydney View 3d emerald green
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1852 (Jul 13) Wrapper from Sydney to Mauritius with 1850-51 Sydney View 3d emerald green on soft yellowish wove paper, pos.8, good to…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30049 | NEW SOUTH WALES: 1851 (Dec 1) Entire from Sydney to MAURITIUS with 1850-51 Sydney View 3d emerald green on soft yellowish wove paper
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1851 (Dec 1) Entire from Sydney to Mauritius with 1850-51 Sydney View 3d emerald green on soft yellowish wove paper, close to very good…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30050 | NEW SOUTH WALES: 1856 (Dec 31) Wrapper from Sydney to REUNION with 1852 3d dull yellow green
Mauritius » Incoming Mail
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1856 (Dec 31) Wrapper from Sydney to Réunion with 1852 3d dull yellow green, close but clear margins all around, tied by dumb barred oval,…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30051 | 1852-54 Post Paid 1d. vermilion, position 11, unused without gum
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Earliest Impressions (SG 3-5)
A “FERRARY” EARLIEST IMPRESSION 1D. POST PAID UNUSED1852-54 Post Paid 1d. vermilion, position 11, unused without gum, good margins all around, bright color…
Estimate: 30’000 – 40’000 GBP
Lot 30052 | 1852-54 Post Paid 1d. orange-vermilion, position 5, used with “3” numernal
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Earliest Impressions (SG 3-5)
1852-54 Post Paid 1d. orange-vermilion, position 5, clear to very large margins, crisp impression on thick yellowish paper, cancelled at Souillac by numeral…
Estimate: 3’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 30053 | 1848-49 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 11, wide to very large margins, neatly tied by bars cancel to folded entire letter to Bordeaux
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Earliest Impressions (SG 3-5)
1848-49 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 11, wide to very large margins, neatly tied by bars cancel to folded entire letter to Bordeaux, endorsed ‘p. Bougainville’…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Lot 30054 | THE UNIQUE EARLIEST IMPRESSION ‘PENOE’ ON COVER
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Earliest Impressions (SG 3-5)
THE UNIQUE ‘PENOE’ EARLIEST IMPRESSION COVER1848-49 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 7, exhibiting the famous ‘PENOE’ variety, intense deep shade, large to…
Estimate: 40’000 – 50’000 GBP
Lot 30055 | 1853-55 Post Paid 1d vermilion, position 3, used with “14” numeral of Plaine Magnan
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 Post Paid 1d vermilion, position 3, clear to ample margins, cancelled by unusually clear strike of numeral ’14’ hs from Plaine Magnan, tiny tear…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30056 | 1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 9, used
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 9, three very large margins, ample at left, all being even, remarkably vivid colour, lightly cancelled by framed…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30057 | 1853-55 1d. vermilion, vertical pair, positions 4/7, used
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 1d. vermilion, vertical pair, positions 4/7, excellent margins being balanced and fresh impression, each design quite centrally cancelled by elusive…
Estimate: 5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 30058 | 1853-55 Post Paid 1d vermilion, position 3, on local cover with “PENNY POST” hs
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 Post Paid 1d vermilion, position 3, ample to huge margins, tied by concentric rings hs on local printed wedding invitation dated 2.8.1856, showing…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 30059 | 1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 10, used with numeral ‘3’ hs from Souillac
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 10, graced by excellent margins which are even and very large, very fresh, lightly cancelled by numeral ‘3’ hs from…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 30060 | 1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 10, used with “2” numeral
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 1d. orange-vermilion, position 10, margins varying from clear to huge, cancelled by elusive ‘2’ numeral hs from Flacq, minor corner wrinkle -which…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30061 | 1853-55 Post Paid 1d. orange-vermilion, pair, positions 8-9, tied to piece by “3” numerals of Souillac
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 Post Paid 1d. orange-vermilion pair, positions 8-9, cut to shape or slightly into in places, tied by numeral ‘3’ within concentric rings on piece…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 30062 | 1853-55 Post Paid 1d red, position 3, very good margins for the most part, cancelled by target cancel and tied to large piece by neat framed ‘PENNYPOST’ hs
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1853-55 Post Paid 1d red, position 3, very good margins for the most part, cancelled by target cancel and tied to large piece by neat framed ‘PENNYPOST’…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 30063 | 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, position 3, cancelled by ‘2’ target hs
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, position 3, good to mostly large margins, partly cancelled by ‘2’ target hs of Flacq, slight thin barely detracting from this…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30064 | 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, position 4, used with “2” numeral
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, position 4, close to mainly large margins, showing complete ‘2’ target cancel of Flacq, tiny surface scuff in margin at top…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30065 | 1849-54 Post Paid, 2d. blue, position 8, used, ex Burrus
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1849-54 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 3, very large uniform margins, good impression, used with circular barred hs, crisp and uniform impression, couple…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 30066 | 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, position 11, on cover to Plaine Magnan
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1849-54 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 11, very good margins, cancelled by circular mute type, on folded cover to Plaine Magnan, shoring framed ‘INLAND’…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 30067 | 1849-54 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 7, exhibiting the famous ‘PENOE’ for ‘PENCE’ error
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
1849-54 Post Paid 2d. blue, position 7, exhibiting the famous ‘PENOE’ for ‘PENCE’ error, close to mainly wide even margins, attractive sharp impression,…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP