Lot 30166 – 1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, horizontal pair, positions 11-12, on cover to France

1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, horizontal pair, positions 11-12, just touched at base, other margins being complete to huge, on entire folded letter to Bordeaux, tied by barred oval hs and ‘8’ décimes due hs on receipt, French entry cds on front, with ‘GPO/JU12 1859/MAURITIUS’ and French transit cds’s on reverse, position 12 with faults at right, still though attractive and rare, ex Schindler, Vikram Chand and « Tatiana », signed Calves, cert. BPA (1995)