Lot 20001 – 1789 (2.6) Folded entire from Port Louis to Bordeaux

Stamp of Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History 1789 (2.6) Folded entire from Port Louis to Bordeaux

Lot 20001 – 1789 (2.6) Folded entire from Port Louis to Bordeaux

Mauritius » Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History

Prix réalisé

3’800 GBP

Estimation

2’000 – 3’000 GBP

Date de vente

Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)

Description

1789 (2.6) Folded entire from Port Louis to Bordeaux (France), bearing black straight-line ‘ISLE DE FRANCE’ hs, with small horseshoe ‘COL BORDEAUX’ alongside in black and « 20 » solst maritime charge mark on reverse, fine and extremely rare, one of only nine examples recorded to date, this being the latest of them all

Provenance: Vikram Chand

Vente aux enchères

2020 Spring Auctions

Catalogue

Mauritius