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Lots (1790)
1860 Entire Letter (faults) to Bordeaux bearing pair of 4d rose tied PAID in black circles and h/s 16 chargemark sent On Steam Packet / via Aden & Marseille from Port Louis. Usual transit backstamps, tears and toning quite severe, SG 48 Cat £270 on cover.
1864 Incoming prestamp mail on E.L. Marseille to Port Louis, Maurice bearing 10d / TO PAY handstamp in blue-black sent Via Suez. MAURITIUS arrival b/s. Few marks, small tear. Interesting.
1876 Cover to Calcutta sent per French Mail bearing 1s orange (SG 70) tied nice B53 duplex and cds and handstamped 10 P (inverted) in red on a Ireland Fraser embossed envelope flap with arrival and transit b/s. (Faults).
1879-80 TWO CENTS on 38c bright purple surcharge in a superb fine used block of 15 neatly cancelled B53 duplexes. SG 121. Scarce multiple.
1880 13c slate mounted mint part original gum, SG 95.
1894 15c blue hinged mint with SPECIMEN ovpt, SG 108s, scarce.
1900-05 SPECIMEN part set of 7 from 2c, 3c, 4c (2 diff), 5c, 6c & 15c, all fine mint, SG range 139s/150s (7 out of 18).
1938-49 1r grey-brown ordinary paper with the battered A variety (right pane R 6/1), fine mint, scarce. SG 260ba.
Five covers incl 1927 10c tied CUREPIPE CDS, 1952 GVI 2c tied CHAMAREL, 1954-55 CREVE COEUR (2), 1955 CHAMAREL. Nice group.
Queen Victoria Postal Stationery embossed envelope 9d brown-purple on bluish paper with CANCELLED overprint as made by De La Rue & Co. Scarce, few white age marks.
1921 (20 Feb) Typed cover Memel to Weidendamm (light tones) bearing 1920 40c on 20c brown-red tied MEMEL d/r cds. Plus second 1921 cover with similar stamp tied d/r cds with trade h/s. SG 19.
1842 (10 Sept) Entire Mexico City to Paris with red cds of FRANQUEDO / MEXICO (internal postage prepaid) sent via VERA CRUZ with black arc backstamp and boxed Packet Letter in red on obverse as transit through Europe, London 5 Nov J cancel in red on rev. along with charge of 3s2d and 48 decimes in France, and Calais Exchange office cds.
