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Lot 20143 – UNIQUE PRINTED MATTER USAGE: 1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, HORIZONTAL PAIR on 1860 folded printed circular ‘Prices Current’

Lot 20143 – UNIQUE PRINTED MATTER USAGE: 1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, HORIZONTAL PAIR on 1860 folded printed circular ‘Prices Current’
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
Price realised
18’000 GBP
Estimate
20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

UNIQUE PRINTED MATTER USAGE

1d dull vermilion, HORIZONTAL PAIR, clear to large margins, tied neat black target cancels, on 1860 folded printed circular ‘Prices Current’, dated Port Louis, February 6, 1860, very fine and a desirable item, an exhibition showpiece

Rate: 2d inland printed circular rate, paying for letters between a rural post town, not exceeding 1/2 ounce, this rate remaining in use and unchanged from the introduction of the Postal Ordinance No. 8 of 1850

Provenance: Caspary, February 1958 (Lot 709)

Chan

Davy

Gray

Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 222, Realised CHF 32’200),

Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994)

Catalogue ref: SG 42
Catalogue

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