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Auction: 17045 - Revenue Stamps of the World
Lot: 485

Mauritius
Bill of Exchange
c.1878 Requisition sheet (130 x 280mm) prepared in advance of the 1880 fourth issue bearing 1878 5c. green and purple triplicate strips (3), with each stamp's "5 cents" face value crossed out with manuscript bars, the surrounding annotations indicating the new face value and colour of the new issue, "35 cents/ blue", "40 cents/ pink" and " 1 Rupee + 25 cents/ lilac", all annotations matching the issued colours. Fine and unique. Photo

provenance:

De La Rue Archives, November 1976

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Sold for
£420