Lot 65861 – 1859, Dardenne 2d. pale blue horizontal pair on letter to France

2d. pale blue horizontal pair, pos.25-26 (pos.26 showing hair retouch), fresh colour, wonderful wide margins, on entire letter to France, stamped by two clear and distinctive strikes of the void barred ovals, red French transit stamp 3 Apr adjacent, reverse with MAURITIUS MR 8 1860 departure and CHALON-S-SAÔNE 4 AVRIL 60 arrival cancellations, address partially crossed out. A very fine, rare and pristine cover; cert. BPA (2020); ex Hiroyuki Kanai (Feldman auction Nov. 1993, lot 243)