Lot 30164 – 1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, position 3, on folded cover from Port Louis to France

1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, position 3, very good margins all around, deep shade, cancelled by target cancel on 9.7.1859 folded cover from Port Louis to Coutances, France, struck with ‘8’ due mark and red French entry cds on front, dispatch cds, various French transit and receiving cds’s on reverse, cover creased and strengthened, not detracting from this very nice example, ex Vikram Chand and “Tatiana”, cert. Friedl (1958) and Brandon (2007)