Lot 51465 – 1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, horizontal pair, positions 9 & 10, oily impression, just touched in places, tied by oval of bars on 9.10.1859 pre-printed folded entire letter

1859 Lapirot 2d blue, worn impression, horizontal pair, positions 9 & 10, oily impression, just touched in places, tied by oval of bars on 9.10.1859 pre-printed folded entire letter from Port Louis to Paris, carried at single rate up to 1/2oz, charged with ’16’ décimes hs on receipt and red Suez French entry cds alongside, with ‘GPO/MAURITIUS’ and French transits on reverse, natural wrinkle at left of pair, cover with paper loss as a result of ink erosion in centre and couple of filing folds, scarce, ex Vikram Chand and « Tatiana », cert. Brandon (2007).