1778-1852, Collection of 26 stampless covers, incl. "PENNY POST" type II hs (possibly not genuine), three from the French period to France, 1793 entire carried by Captain to USA, "Port Louis / Post Paid"hs, oval "Mauritius / Post Office" hs, "Port Louis / Unpaid" hs, three disinfected in Malta (one via Aden), "Colonies &c.Art 12" & "13", incoming from UK with "Returned for 2/3 Postage" hs, "PACKET." hs, three with SHIP LETTER hs, one to France with "GREENOCK / JUN 6 1844 / SHIP LETTER" boxed ds, etc., a great lot for the specialist with a range of hs and cancels (Image)

1848-59, Selection of Primitives incl. Post Paid 1d early impression vert. pair (repaired), 2d early impression single, 2d intermediate impression (2), 1d worn impression pair, 1d latest impression singles (2), 2d latest impression single, 1859 Lapirot worn impression single and pair, generally fresh with good to very large margins, varying faults as to be expected, all cert. Sismondo (2006), an amazing offering of these classic stamps (SG £37'000+) (Image)

1848-59 Post Paid 2d group incl. early impression PENOE variety which appears unused (faults), early impression on large piece tied by Souillac "3" barred circle with despatch ds adjacent (corner torn away, cert. Brandon), intermediate impression with four margins and neat target cancel (creases with light repair), intermediate impression with four margins and "8" numeral (minor defects), worn impression vertical pair (faults, ex Ferrari), worn impression with pre-printing paper folds (margins cut into), latest impression with four margins and neat target cancel (thins, cert. Holcombe) and latest impression with "3" numeral (thin), interesting group (Image)

1859-1920s, Collection of 31 covers plus 1 front incl. Lapirot pair with RPS cert. stating "heavily ironed and cannot be certified as originating on the lettersheet", Britannia 6d blue single franking (lifted and replaced), mostly 1880s/90s frankings, a few philatelic frankings with bisects incl. double overprint varieties, registered postcards incl. AR,  1897 2R50 single franking, 1860s Soldier Concessionary rate cover ex Marion, etc., a useful range of frankings (Image)

1859-72, Mauritius cancelled in ADEN group, with faulty 1859 Post Paid 1d latest, faulty 2d Lapirot, faulty 2d Sherwin (cert. RPS 1981), 1858-62 Britannia (9d), 1859-61 Britannia 6d and De La Rue 2d and 4d, all with "124" diagonal barred numerals of Aden, poor to average condition but very scarce group (Image)

1859-1931, Interesting group of on 2 album pages of Mauritius cancelled abroad and foreign stamps cancelled in Mauritius, incl. 1863-72 1d with B64 used in Seychelles, 1893 16c on 17c with B65 used in Rodrigues, cover with 1883-94 15c cancelled in Ceylon, "A10" mailboat numeral, postcard with 1883-94 2c sent within UK with GB stamp, various singles cancelled in India, Madagascar, Kenya, SA, etc., then Natal 1d postal stationery card cancelled on arrival in Vacoas, GB KGV 1/2d control sent from Mauritius, etc., a great little lot (Image)

1860-1893, Mint and used collection incl. varieties beginning with 1860-63 used set, 1863-72 used range incl. wmk varieties, 1876-77 surcharges incl. HALF PENNY on 9d inverted (minor faults), some minor ovpt varieties, several 1s on 5s, 1878 mint & used set, 1879-80 mint & used (25c no gum) incl. 13c mint pair and used wing marginal, 1883-84 mint & used incl. 8c approved bisect on piece, 1883-93 surcharge range incl., 16c type 28a block of four, several inverted/double varieties mint and used (some forgeries so please inspect), etc., a great lot for further study and expansion (Image)

1860-1954, SPECIMEN group incl. 1860-63 9d, 1879-80 values, 1895-99 set of 6 (18c small thin), 1898 36c, 1899 15c, 1900-05 set of 18 (most nh), KGV values to 10R incl. 12c strip of 3 from the Bechuanaland archive showing broken M, 1937 Coronation with further Specimen hs in red at top, and Postage Due 1933-54 set, many (Image)

1863-77 CANCELLED overprint collection incl. 1876 unissued 1/2d on 9d red surch. (10 singles, two blocks of 4 & an irregular block of 10), the rare 1/2d on 9d black surcharge (4, minor faults), 1863-72 set of imperf. plate proofs in marginal blocks of 6, 1863-72 incl. three with inverted ovpt, block of four 5s, 1877 1s on 5s block of 20, etc., a useful assortment (200+) (Image)

1895-1937, Mint & used collection incl. varieties such as 1899 15c on 36c with bar omitted, 1902 12c on 36c inverted (2 mint both with light creases & 1 used), as well as minor varieties such as broken letters/bars, 1900-05 mint set set plus 6c block of 9 with inv. wmk, 1910 mint set, 1913-22 mint set with shades, 1921-26 50R with pinhole, 1921-26 mint multiple with wmk or "open C" varieties, Silver Jubilee with 5c "dot by flagstaff" and 20c "dot by chapel" (mint & used), etc., used high values need inspection, a useful lot for expansion (Image)

1950-84, Mint collection in an album, seemingly complete for the period incl. a Harrison & Sons presentation card with four values from the 1950 set, mini sheets, mix of mint hinge and nh, fine (Image)

POSTAL STATIONERY: Collection of 28 postal stationery items from the Madagascar Post Office archive, all with the "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION DE BERNE / MADAGASCAR" cachets, with one individual newspaper wrapper, archive page with 3 postcards and 4 envelopes and KEVII group affixed together (some foxing) with envelopes, reg'd envelopes, postcards and lettercards (Image)