Lot 61352 – 1864 CAPE TOWN to PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS.FRONT : Partial

1864 front from Cape Town to Port Louis, Mauritius, franked De La Rue 4d deep blue, just clear margins, paying the single ship rate (4d per ½oz prepaid) for direct mails to Mauritius, light strike of the Cape Town oval barred numeral obliterator, with « 6d TO PAY » arrival cachet for the incoming Ship Letter fee for a ½oz letter. Crease affecting stamp, still a rare and attractive representation of this ocean mail rate to a rare destination from Cape of Good Hope to Mauritius; ex G Dillaway and R. Johnson.