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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 98

x Mauritius 1859 (Dec.) Dardenne 2d. blue horizontal pair with good to large margins, both cancelled by circular-framed "paid" handstamp on 1860 entire (bottom flap missing) to Calcutta, showing red crayon "4" and, on reverse, Crowned "mauritius/gpo" c.d.s., "g.p.o./mauritius" double-ring d.s. and "calcutta/steam letter" framed d.s.; the face panel with ink-etching affecting the address. Very rare, being one of only three pairs recorded on cover. Richter Certificate (1996). S.G. 43a Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, October 1968

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