MAURITIUS with chisel slits to REUNION 1862 wrapper marked p. Str. "Ottawa" to Reunion with QV 4d pmk'd A/AU 20 63 "B53" duplex with top flap displaying St. Denis 22 Aout 1862 arrival, two diagonal chisel slits struck into address panel. £425
15 used UNION-VALE, Mauritius postal history (Ex George R. WREN) 1880 use of QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "15" with UNION-VALE A/JU 1 80 cds alongside. Ex George R WREN (1963).
£90
MAURITIUS stamps: Litho forgery of the 1862 QV 1/- in brownish-bistre No wmk (SG.52), fine unmounted mint. £18
PHOENIX, Mauritius postmark/cancel (T.2) dated A/PHOENIX/JA 2 92 on TWO CENTS on QV 4c (SG.118) showing distinctive stop between "T" and "S" of "CENTS". £24
MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1902 QV 50c green ovp'd Postage & Revenue (SG.161), fresh mounted mint. £28
MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1880 QV 17c rose Crown CC P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95), fresh very lightly mounted mint. £65
MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1880 QV 17c rose Crown CC P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95), good fresh mounted mint. £48
VACAOS, Mauritius postmark/cancel (T.4) B/JY 16 1904 on 1c on 15c chestnut (SG.124). £3
MAURITIUS stamps: Litho forgery of the QV 1/- in blue-green lightly mounted mint, no apparent wmk. £18
Proofed/unrecorded ERRONEOUSLY APPLIED unique TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE,CEYLON postal history 1845 wrapper from C. Brun fils, Port Louis pmk'd red MAURITIUS POST OFFICE d/ring dated NO 05 1845 marked "via Ceylon" to Veillon Freres, Bordeaux, France with "Paid 1/8" in dark black ink most unusually landed on Ceylon's north east coast (instead of the southern port of Galle) showing prepared for application TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamp for NO 22 1845 erroneously applied, crossed through, and TRINCOMALEE/STEAMER LETTER added for the next day in the same coloured ink. Carried via ALEXANDRIA (JA 7 1846) with 25mm chisels slits and large part PURIFIE AU LAZERET/MALTE handstamp added showing red PAQ. ANG. MARSEILLES (16 JANV 46) on address panel and Bordeaux (10 JANV 46) arrival backstamp with 96 decimes to be collected. Exhibition item collecting cancellations from five different countries. Similar RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamps were proofed for other Ceylon towns but none are known used. This remarkable example only exists due being wrongly applied. £7250
MAURITIUS postal history 1868 cover with blue GALDEMAR FRERES, PORT LOUIS sender's cachet marked "per Mozambique" to G. Lafaye & Cie, Bordeaux, France with QV 4d rose, QV 1/- orange pmk'd "B53" with fine clear Mauritius A/MR 18 68 despatch cds alongside arrivals which can fully display. £185
THIS COVER STOLEN FROM MY STAND AT THE BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL 27/11/2023 - DO NOT ORDER PONDICHERRY, FRENCH INDIAN SETTLEMENTS to MAURITIUS
1867 REYNAUD SOUPRAYA & Co, PONDICHERY sender cachet entire with strip of four QV 2a orange pmk'd PONDICHERRY "111" duplex dated FE 11 67 to Piper Adam & Co, Mauritius backstamped Madras transit and 2/MR 2 67 arrival, address panel with handstruck "6d TO PAY" in black. Exhibition item. £1250
MAURITIUS postal history QV 9d brown/white PSE cut-out piece pmk'd blue oval of bars applied on arrival. £36
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES used MARE D'ALBERT, Mauritius postmark (K1) on 1863 QV 4d rose Crown CC wmk (SG.62), perf. faults along top. £48
MAURITIUS stamps: 1862 QV 1/- buff No wmk (SG.52), fresh lightly mounted mint IMPRIMATUR horiz. pair showing part marginal inscription. £250
GENERAL POST OFFICE/(crown)/MAURITIUS postmark on 1860 QV 9d dull purple No wmk (SG.51, Cat.£42), straight edge at right. £50