Lot 20144 – BOTH DARDENNE VALUES ON COVER: 1d dull vermilion and 2d pale blue on 1862 folded entire from Port Louis

COMPLETE SET ON COVER

1d dull vermilion and 2d pale blue, both with clear to very large or huge margins, cancelled or tied by oval bars cancel, on 1862 folded entire from Port Louis via Suez and Marseille to Paris (France), with red PD hs and Marseille transit cds alongside, extremely fresh and of very fine appearance, a superlative combination franking, an exhibition showpiece and one of only two known such frankings, also being the latest of all known Dardenne issues

Rate: 3d overseas rate

Provenance: Maurice Burrus, October 1963 (Lot 224)

Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page

Expertise: Cert. Alberto Diena (1974), David Brandon (2007)