Lot 30068 – 1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, positions 7-8, early impression pair with PENOE error on cover from Soillac to Port Louis

THE 2D. EARLY IMPRESSIONS ‘POST PAID’ MULTIPLE RECORDED ON COVER FRONT

ONE OF TWO 2D. COVERS KNOWN BEARING THE ‘PENOE’ VARIETY IN A MULTIPLE

1849-54 Post Paid 2d blue, pair from positions 7-8, exhibiting the ‘PENOE’ variety at left, sheet margin at left, close at bottom right as a result of an uneven alignment of the cliché, good margins in other respects, tied by ‘3’ bar cancels cover front to Port Louis carried at double rate, alongside showing framed neat ‘SOUILLC./JU29.1853.’ ds, boxed ‘INLAND.’ hs and ‘MAURITIUS/GPO’ crown ds, an extraordinary item featuring the only 2d multiple recorded on cover in the early ‘Post Paid’ impressions, as well as one of two covers recorded exhibiting a multiple (a pair in both cases) with the famous ‘PENOE’ variety

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969, sold for US$3’400), Schindler (1996, sold for CHF29’000), Vikram Chand

Expertise: Signed Calves, cert. Brandon (2007)