Lot 20111 – 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis

Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Intermediate Impressions (SG 38) 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Intermediate Impressions (SG 38) 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Intermediate Impressions (SG 38) 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Intermediate Impressions (SG 38) 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis

Lot 20111 – 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, intermediate impression, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis

Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Intermediate Impressions (SG 38)
Price realised
4’800 GBP
Estimate
2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Auction date
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
2d blue, horizontal pair, positions 5-6, large even margins, both tied by black oval bars cancels, on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis via Suez and Marseille to Bordeaux (France), with “16” decimes hs and Suez red cds alongside, the stamps have been lifted and then reaffixed, extremely fine appearance

Rate: 4d overseas letter rate

Provenance: Vikram Chand

Expertise: Cert. Peter Holcombe (1989), David Brandon (2007)
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