Lot 20092 – UNIQUE LAPIROT / DE LA RUE COMBINATION FRANKING: 1859 Lapirot 2d deep blue in combination with De La Rue 2d tied by black boxed ‘FREE’
Lot 20092 – UNIQUE LAPIROT / DE LA RUE COMBINATION FRANKING: 1859 Lapirot 2d deep blue in combination with De La Rue 2d tied by black boxed ‘FREE’
Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Early Impressions (SG 36-37)
Price realised
3’600 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
UNIQUE LAPIROT / DE LA RUE COMBINATION FRANKING2d deep blue, just touched to close margins, position 8, in combination with De La Rue 2d (defective), both cancelled and or tied by black boxed ‘FREE’ cancel, on 1859 folded letter sheet from Port Louis by steamer “NEPAUL” to Bordeaux (France), with “8” decimes charge in black, despatch, transit and arrival bs, an important rarity and showpiece
Rate: 4d overseas letter rate
Provenance: Wren
Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1975)
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