Lot 30210 – The Famous Kanai Dardenne cover: 1d. red, two vertical strips of four in different shades on cover to France

THE FAMOUS KANAI DARDENNE COVER

1859 Dardenne 1d. red, two vertical strips of four in different shades, with just touched to large margins, all cancelled by oval cancels on double-rate folded cover (missing side flaps) to Paris, bearing bs ‘GPO MAURITIUS/FE 6 1861’ large cds with Lyon and Paris cds alongside, on front with red Suez transit and “24” charge in manuscript. The bottom stamp of the upper strip showing the dot over “NN” variety.

Considered the most important item of the Dardenne issue and certainly one of the most important “Primitive” multi-franking covers of Mauritius.

Provenance: Lichtenstein, September 1969 (Lot 129)

Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 221)

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994)