Lot 51456 – 1859 Post Paid 1d. red on greyish, vertical strip of four, positions 3/6/9/12, tied by barred oval cancels on folded cover from Port Louis to Bordeaux

1859 Post Paid 1d red on greyish, latest impression, vertical strip of four, pos.3/6/9/12, margins ranging from ample to large and displaying a full sheet margin at top, tied by barred oval cancels on folded cover from Port Louis to Bordeaux, below struck with ‘8’ décimes rate in Marseilles and red French entry cds, as well as ‘GPO/JA8 1860/MAURITIUS’, French transits and arrival cds’s on reverse, addressee’s name cut out and backed and two folds to cover, one of the most spectacular of the few items known bearing this multiple, ex Arthur Hind, A. J. Stevens, Vikram Chand and “Tatiana”, cert. A. Diena (1974), Holcombe (1993), Brandon (2007).