Lot 20187 – 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet

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Lot 20187 – 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet
Stamp of Mauritius » Later Issues 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet
Stamp of Mauritius » Later Issues 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet
Stamp of Mauritius » Later Issues 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet
Stamp of Mauritius » Later Issues 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet

Lot 20187 – 1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet

Mauritius » Later Issues
Price realised
4’200 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 5’000 GBP
Auction date
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet via “Par overland mail via Aden” to Calcutta (India), showing ‘GPO/MAURITIUS’ despatch and boxed ‘CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER’ bs, a fine and very rare mixed issue franking

Provenance: Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 277)

Expertise: Cert. Peter Holcombe (1990) and BPA (1994)

Catalogue ref: SG 32
Auction
2020 Spring Auctions
Catalogue
Mauritius

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