Lot 20058 – 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum

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Lot 20058 – 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum

Lot 20058 – 1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum

Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
Price realised
24’000 GBP
Estimate
15’000 – 20’000 GBP
Auction date
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
2d blue, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum, good even margins all round, lovely sharp crisp impression and excellent colour, an important unused Mauritius and world rarity (SG £38’000)

Note: This impression is at least as rare as the earliest in unused condition, showing the slightly “sticky” print

Expertise: Cert. Alberto Diena (1967) and BPA (1979)



Catalogue ref: SG 8
Auction
2020 Spring Auctions
Catalogue
Mauritius

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