Lot 65836 – 1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion showing the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp
Lot 65836 – 1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion showing the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp
Lot 65836 – 1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion showing the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp
Mauritius » 1858-62 Britannia Issues (SG 26-35)
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Price realised
7’000 GBP
Estimate
6’000 – 7’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 29 May 2025 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion, very large balanced margins, showing a crisp part strike of the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp [6], taken from the single block of six that was originally presented to Ormond Hill in 1861, a superb example and the finest of the five recorded examples (S.G.34, £11’000).
Provenance: Peter Jaffe, “Port Louis”
Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2009)
Catalogue ref: S.G. 34 var
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