Lot 20122 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, wprn impression, on cover to Denmark
Lot 20122 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, wprn impression, on cover to Denmark
Lot 20122 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, wprn impression, on cover to Denmark
Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Worn Impressions (SG 39)
Price realised
6’500 GBP
Estimate
7’000 – 10’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK2d blue, close at bottom left to very large uneven margins, tied by black oval bars cancel, on 1859 folded letter sheet from Port Louis via Suez and Marseille to Copenhagen (Denmark), with red maritime Suez transit cds alongside, Hamburg and Copenhagen bs, a very fine and extremely rare destination, apparently the only recorded Lapirot cover to Denmark, showpiece
Rate: 2d postage on priced catalogues mailed outward by Packet Letter under Article 7 of the Postal Ordinance No. 1 of 1850
Provenance: Hiroyaki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 185)
Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994)
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