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’

UNIQUE LAPIROT / DE LA RUE COMBINATION FRANKING

2d 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)