Lot 30068 – 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, positions 7-8, early impression pair with PENOE error on cover from Soillac to Port Louis
Lot 30068 – 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, positions 7-8, early impression pair with PENOE error on cover from Soillac to Port Louis
Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
Price realised
24’000 GBP
Estimate
20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Auction date
Wed 28 Oct 2020 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
THE 2D. EARLY IMPRESSIONS ‘POST PAID’ MULTIPLE RECORDED ON COVER FRONTONE OF TWO 2D. COVERS KNOWN BEARING THE ‘PENOE’ VARIETY IN A MULTIPLE
1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, pair from positions 7-8, exhibiting the ‘PENOE’ variety at left, sheet margin at left, close at bottom right as a result of an uneven alignment of the cliché, good margins in other respects, tied by ‘3’ bar cancels cover front to Port Louis carried at double rate, alongside showing framed neat ‘SOUILLC./JU29.1853.’ ds, boxed ‘INLAND.’ hs and ‘MAURITIUS/GPO’ crown ds, an extraordinary item featuring the only 2d multiple recorded on cover in the early ‘Post Paid’ impressions, as well as one of two covers recorded exhibiting a multiple (a pair in both cases) with the famous ‘PENOE’ variety
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969, sold for US$3’400), Schindler (1996, sold for CHF29’000), Vikram Chand
Expertise: Signed Calves, cert. Brandon (2007)
Catalogue ref: SG 8a, 8
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