Lot 20168 – 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous “Feather” plate variety

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Lot 20168 – 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous “Feather” plate variety
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44) 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous "Feather" plate variety
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44) 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous "Feather" plate variety
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44) 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous "Feather" plate variety
Stamp of Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44) 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous "Feather" plate variety

Lot 20168 – 2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, with the famous “Feather” plate variety

Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
Price realised
4’800 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Auction date
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

2d pale blue, unused single without gum, position 52, good to huge margins, showing retouch below “TWO”, superb and an extremely rare unused single with the famous “Feather” plate variety (SG uncatalogued)

Provenance: Arthur Hind, April 1934 (Lot 412)

Maurice Burrus, October 1963 (Lot 210)

“Dallas”, July 1990

Arnold Rudge

Note: Illustrated in “The Mauritius Primitives” by Rudge, p.73, and no.9 in his list of unused 2d Dardennes

Expertise: Cert. RPS (1975) & (1990)

Catalogue ref: SG 44b
Auction
2020 Spring Auctions
Catalogue
Mauritius

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