Lot 20873 – 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue vertical pair on cover

1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue vertical pair, pos.38/44, on cover from Port Louis to France, just tied by barred ovals at right, GPO MAURITIUS MR 8 1860 despatch (last voyage of the vessel « Salsette »), red V. SUEZ French entry, top stamp showing part of papermaker’s watermark « I » (clearly visible through the paper of the cover) and highly unusual thus, ex « Saint Louis », cert. BPA (1998)