Great Britain and British Commonwealth 1848-59 Post Paid Issue » Latest Impressions (SG 2
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30115
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: 23
1859 1d. red, position 2, unused without gum, mainly large margins, neat impression, splits at top not affecting the profile of the Queen, rare (SG £6'500) (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30116
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: 23
1859 1d. red, position 9, unused without gum, good to large margins, fresh impression, couple of tiny tone spots not visible on front, very fine and rare (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 950.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30117
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: 23
1859 1d. red on bluish, position 11, unused without gum, clear to huge margins, faint diagonal crease and tone spot in upper left corner, an attractive example of this rare stamp unused (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30118
Symbol: H
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, position 6, complete to wide margins, cancelled by 'PID' within circle hs, minute thin spot (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 120.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30119
Symbol: H
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, position 7, excellent and quite balanced margins all around, very fresh showing neat strike of mute barred oval, with an additional manuscript notation, superb (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30120
Symbol: H
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, position 9, clear to large margins, cancelled by mute barred oval, very slight thin at top as usually encountered (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 90.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30121
Symbol: H
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, vertical strip of three, positions 2/5/8, large quite balanced margins, cancelled by oval of bars, a very fine and scarce multiple
Provenance: Certs. Holcombe (1995), Brandon (1997) (Image)
Opening GBP 750.00
Sold...GBP 1,100.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30122
Symbol: G
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, vertical strip of four, positions 2/5/8/11, good to wide margins for the most part, tied by framed 'FREE' hs to piece of cover endorsed 'P. Northum via Marseille', the strip has been lifted for inspection and hinged back to place, horizontal crease in centre between adhesives not detracting, a very fine and rare multiple
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 2,200.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 2200
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30123
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red, position 9, uncommon oily impression, very good margins on all sides, cancelled by barred oval hs on folded entire letter carried locally at Port Louis, struck on reverse with framed 'PENNYPOST' hs and crown 'MAURITIUS/AP13 1859/GPO' ds, one of only three local 1d rate covers recorded to date
Provenance: Vikram Chand
Expertise: Signed Calves and Balasse, cert. B.P.A. (1996) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,000.00
Sold...GBP 1,900.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30124
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on bluish, position 6, clear to three large margins, neat cancelled by 'PAID' within circle on 8.8.1859 'Bulletin Commercial' newspaper from Port Louis to France, entering the destination country with red Suez cds at left, addressee's wrapper missing as it had to be removed to open the newspaper, one of only three complete newspapers recorded with the exceedingly rare 1d overseas rate, in delightful quality
Provenance: Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 3,000.00
Sold...GBP 4,200.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 4200
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30125
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on bluish, position 4, clear to mostly large even margins, cancelled by target cancel on 10.9.1859 'Bulletin Commercial' newspaper from Port Louis to France, with red French entry cds adjacent, wrinkle at top left of the stamp, of little significance for this, one of only three complete newspapers recorded exhibiting the exceedingly rare 1d overseas rate
Provenance: Raffray, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,000.00
Sold...GBP 2,000.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30126
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on bluish, position 3, close to large margins, uncommon oily impression, tied by barred oval hs on full printed commercial circular travelled in Port Louis, struck with 'G.P.O./OC6 1859/MAURITIUS' cds on reverse, an exceptional usage featuring the only example recorded in the 'Post Paid' issues of the printed matter rate used locally
Provenance: Hiroyuki Kanai, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1994) (Image)
Opening GBP 3,000.00
Sold...GBP 2,800.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 2800
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30127
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red-brown on bluish, position 5, a largely margined example neatly tie by barred oval hs on large printed circular from Port Louis to Amsterdam, rate notation on front due to France and French entry cds in red, reverse showing crown 'MAURITIUS/DE9 1859/GPO' ds, '26' within circle Dutch Postmaster cachet and blue '1 1/2c./AMSTERDAM' triangle, very fine, the only 'Post Paid' cover recorded addressed to Netherlands, additionally featuring a very rare usage of the printed circular rate to a destination overseas
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 1,600.00
Sold...GBP 3,600.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 3600
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30128
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on bluish, four singles, margins ranging from clear to exceptional with two showing portion of adjoining stamps at top, positions 12, 6, 11 and 8, each tied y barred oval hs on folded entire letter from Port Louis to Granville, France, entering country of destination with red cds and '8' charge on front, reverse with 'GPO/FE6 1860/MAURITIUS' and various French cds's, a delightful and most desirable usage, two covers recorded franked with four singles
Provenance: Burrus, Hiroyuki Kanai, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1994) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,400.00
Sold...GBP 2,600.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30129
Symbol: DFE
Cat No: 23
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on greyish, vertical strip of four, positions 2/5/8/11, very good margins on sides, sheet margins at top and base, tied to large part of cover front with upper back flap from Port Louis to Nantes, France, tied by neat strikes of target can, part '8' décimes charge and red Suez entry cds at bottom, with crown'MAURITIUS/AU8 1859/GPO' ds, French transits and receiving cds's, undoubtedly one of the finest usages of Post Paid 1d strip of four to have survived, a delightful exhibition item
Provenance: Rothschild, Schindler, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Certs. A. Diena (1962, where the cover shows the lower part before having been detached and was heavily creased horizontally), G. Bolaffi (1963, in his current state as a part cover), Mohrmann (1964), B.P.A. (1995), Richter (1996) (Image)
Opening GBP 3,000.00
Sold...GBP 3,000.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30131
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23, 32
1859 Post Paid 1d. red on bluish, horizontal pair, positions 4-5, in combination with 1859-61 Britannia 6d. blue, both very slightly cut into at left, with three large margins on other sides, on 12.11.1859 folded cover from Port Louis to Melbourne, tied by oval bar cancels with dispatch 'G.P.O./MAURITIUS' and arrival cds's on back, charged with 4d in red crayon on obverse for Colonial credit, filing fold and tiny scissor cut on the 6d on no significance for this, the only example recorded of this franking
Provenance: Lagerloef, Wren, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Herman Toaspern rubber dealer's stamp on back, cert. BPA (1993), Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 3,000.00
Sold...GBP 4,000.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30133
Symbol: F
Cat No: 24
1859 Post Paid 1d. red-brown on bluish, a large margined example from position 4, cancelled by target cancel and paying the 1d circular rate on 1.10.1859 printed matter from Port Louis to France, with red Suez entry cds in France below, addressee's wrapper missing, with manuscript annotation of receipt indicating the sender (the representative in Mauritius of the Comptoir National D'Escompte de la Ville de Paris) and the date of the circular, this also tying the franking, a very rare usage of this rate to a destination overseas
Provenance: Vikram Chand
Expertise: Certs. Holcombe (1989), Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 1,500.00
Sold...GBP 1,200.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30135
Symbol: F
Cat No: 24
1859 Post Paid 1d .red-brown on bluish, vertical strip of four, positions 3/6/9/12, mostly large margins, cut into or touched in places at right, applied on obverse and reverse of 8.8.1859 envelope to Louisiana, tied by barred oval hs with the position 3 remaining tied in transit with 'NEW 15 YORK/SEP 30' ds, denoting 15c due (10c for the ship mail fee and 5c for the postage from New York to Louisiana), endorsed 'Via Marseilles and England' and additionally struck with red framed 'Br. Service' confirming carriage by English vessel to USA, dispatch, French transit and arrival cds's on back, strip torn on opening and affecting three stamps, a unique 'Post Paid' Issue usage on mail to United States
Expertise: Gallagher, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 3,200.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 3200
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30137
Symbol: F
Cat No: 24
1859 Post Paid 1d. red-brown, vertical strip of four, positions 3/6/9/12, paying the 4d. overseas rate on 8 January 1860 folded cover to Bordeaux, tied by 'PAID' within circle hs with 'G.P.O./MAURITIUS' cds on reverse, red French entries and '8' due on arrival, and arrival bs, the upper adhesive overlapping the edge and torn on opening
Provenance: Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2007) (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 1,700.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30139
Symbol: H
Cat No: 25
1856-58 Post Paid 2d blue, position 3, close to large margins, clearly cancelled by framed 'INLAND' hs, very fine (SG £1'200)
Provenance: Ibbotson (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30141
Symbol: F
Cat No: 25
1856-58 Post Paid 2d blue, position 3, margins ranging from clear to large, neatly tied by numeral '12' of two concentric rings to small envelope (addresses panel cut off) from Grand Savanne to Port Louis, carried at 2d internal rate up to 1/2oz from a village to the capital, struck on front with octagonal 'GRAND SAVA/AP8.1858' hs with 'Sava' being inserted in manuscript, and 'MAURITIUS/GPO' crowned circle, a very rare usage from this rural town
Provenance: Chand (Image)
Opening GBP 800.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Oct-28-2020, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 20OG
Lot No: 30142
Symbol: H
Cat No: 25 var.
1856-58 Post Paid 2d blue, position unidentified, DOUBLE PRINT error, ample margins all around, boldly and centrally cancelled bacon by target hs, some discolouration, a unique variety in this state, of great significance
Provenance: Lagerloef, Stevens, Hiroyuki Kanai, Vikram Chand
Expertise: Cert. BPB (2004) (Image)
