Lot 70022 – 2d blue, position 8, UNUSED with large part original

2d. blue, early impression, position 8, UNUSED with large part original gum, good to large even margins all round, lovely sharp crisp impression and excellent colour, an important unused stamp of Mauritius and an important world rarity (S.G.8, £45’000).

Provenance: “Tatiana”, April 2020 (20058)

Note: This impression is at least as rare as the earliest in unused condition, showing the slightly “sticky” print

Expertise: Cert. Alberto Diena (1967) and B.P.A. (1979)