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Lot 20091 – 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, early impression, horizontal right sheet marginal pair on 1859 folded letter sheet from Port Louis

Lot 20091 – 1859 Lapirot 2d blue, early impression, horizontal right sheet marginal pair on 1859 folded letter sheet from Port Louis
Mauritius » 1859 Lapirot Issue » Early Impressions (SG 36-37)
Prix réalisé
4’800 GBP
Estimation
3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Date de vente
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

2d blue, horizontal right sheet marginal pair, positions 7-8, huge uneven margins, both cancelled by crisp black oval bars cancels, and tied by French boxed ‘APRES LE DEPART’, on 1859 folded letter sheet from Port Louis via Suez to Paris (France), with « 8 » decimes hs and Suez red cds alongside, the stamps have been lifted, cover restored and then reaffixed, a superb early impression pair on cover, possibly the finest pair ever seen

Rate: 4d overseas letter rate

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, September 1969 (Lot 104)

Vikram Chand

Expertise: Cert. Alberto Diena (1974), David Brandon (2007)

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