Lot 70026 – 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into

Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into
Stamp of Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9) 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into

Lot 70026 – 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into

Mauritius » 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Early Impressions (SG 6-9)
RoW
Price realised
13’000 GBP
Estimate
10’000 – 15’000 GBP
Auction date
jeu. 21 nov. 2024 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into on the left side otherwise clear margins, on 1850 (Jan 18) wrapper from Port Louis “p. B B Greene bound for Cork” to Bordeaux, tied by black grill, crowned GPO ds, landed at Cove and with blue “COVE / SHIP LETTER” and “8” ship rate hs on face, reverse with Queenstown and English transits, charged ’30’ in France with boxed “COLONIES / &C ART 13” accountancy.

A rare usage, the only example seen routed through Ireland

Provenance: Stevens (April 1961), “Emerald”, Chand 2000 (Exhibited at British Library).

Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1977)

Catalogue ref: 8

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