Lot 20172 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue on cover to Copenhagen
Lot 20172 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue on cover to Copenhagen
Lot 20172 – EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK: 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue on cover to Copenhagen
Mauritius » 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
Price realised
4’000 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION TO DENMARK2d pale blue, very close at bottom left to large uneven margins, tied by black target cancel, on 1860 folded entire from Port Louis via Suez and Marseille to Copenhagen (Denmark), with ‘FORWARDED BY/SCOTT & CO/MAURITIUS’ and red maritime Suez transits markings alongside, stamp with light diagonal crease, a very fine and extremely rare destination, apparently one of only two such
Rate: 2d postage on priced catalogues mailed outward by Packet Letter under Article 7 of the Postal Ordinance No. 1 of 1850
Provenance: Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page
Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994)
Catalogue ref: SG 44
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