Lot 30108 – 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12

Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 16-22) 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 16-22) 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 16-22) 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 16-22) 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12

Lot 30108 – 1857-59 red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12

Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 16-22)
Price realised
17’000 GBP
Estimate
5’000 – 7’500 GBP
Auction date
Wed 28 Oct 2020 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

THE 1D. DOUBLE PRINT PAIR

1857-59 1d. red on bluish, DOUBLE PRINT, pair from positions 11-12, margins nearly all round clearly exhibiting the variety in both stamps, being more prominent in the ‘ONE PENNY’ and ‘POSTAGE’ tablets, good color, described in the Ferrary sale as ‘seule pièce connue’, the unique example of this astonishing variety

Provenance: Ferrary, Dale-Lichtenstein, Hiroyuki Kanai

Expertise: Cert. BPB (2004)

Catalogue ref: SG 18a

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