1876 (May 26) Entire to Australia with 1863-72 1s orange wing marginal tied by B53 duplex, with "d / 10" accountancy hs adjacent, arrival bs, a fresh and attractive cover (Image)

1860-63 De La Rue no watermark 1d brown, paying the military concession rate on Soldier's Letter, cover correctly countersigned by officer commanding the Royal Artillery, to Bradford, stamp tied by neat B53 numeral, Mauritius despatch cds MR 6 62 on reverse, Bradford arrival AP 11. Cover with small split at top away from stamp, fine and a rare usage. (Image)

1861 (Oct 5) Envelope sent at the concessionary rate to the UK with 1860-63 1d cancelled by B53 numeral, endorsed "From Sapper. P. Cunningham 21st Compy Royal Engineers" and countersigned by his commanding officer, reverse with Mauritius GPO despatch and Leicester arrival cds, minor soiling, scarce Soildier's cover (Image)

1860 De La Rue No Wmk unused set with extra 4d, 6d green with light gum creasing and minor toning, 1s faulty, rest average to fine (SG £4'575) (Image)

1860-63 De La Rue imperforate Imprimaturs on unwatermarked paper, 1d, 2d, 4d (marginal with streaky gum), 6d green pair and 1s buff (crease), all fresh, a rare group, ex Kanai (Image)

1861 (Apr 7) Wrapper from REUNION to India franked with Mauritius 1860-63 4d rose pair tied by blue lozenge of dots cancellations with matching St. Denis despatch and "PF" box hs (struck also in red), reverse with Aden Steamer Point transit and partial (portion of lower backflap missing) Calcutta boxed ds showing 4a due, minor soiling and ink corrosion, the only known cover with Mauritius stamps sent from Reunion, ex Boker, signed Holcombe, Brun & Sismondo, cert. Sismondo (2004) (Image)

1862 1s Deep Green perf. 14-16 unused, trimmed perfs at left otherwise a fine space filler, plus 6d slate unused singles (2) and mint strip of three (Image)

1863-72 De La Rue wmk Crown CC mint/unused group incl. 6d & 1s imperf. plate proofs, 2d imperf. single (cert. RPS 1949), 1d and 1s with inverted watermarks, normal set plus. shades, slightly mixed condition (Image)

1863-72 Crown CC 1d brown, 2d pale blue, 3d dull red, 4d rose, 6d dull violet, 9d yellow-green, 1s yellow and 5s bright mauve all with manuscript "Specimen" from the De La Rue archives, no gum and perfs trimmed from being cut from the sheet, scarce (Image)

1863-72 Imperf. proofs with CANCELLED overprint in marginal horizontal blocks of 12, with the 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, ungummed, some faint toning on the reverses, fine and attractive (Image)

1863-72 De La Rue imperforate Plate Proofs on glazed paper, no watermark, 1d brown, 2d bright blue, 4d deep rose, 6d deep blue green, 10d deep maroon, 1s orange, in interpane gutter blocks of 12, each stamp with overprint CANCELLED in black, folded in margin between, lovely fresh colours (72) (Image)

1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, imperforate on glazed paper in near-issued colours ovpt CANCELLED, special printing by De La Rue for the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition, marginal strips of six, all but 10d with marginal inscription, very fresh and fine, small rub on one, one sheet of each printed thus. (Image)

1866 (Jun 17) Envelope from Mahébourg to England with 1863-72 6d dull violet and 4d rose cancelled by crisp "1" target numerals, "9d" accountancy hs and London cds adjacent, reverse with Mahébourg despatch, Mauritius and Devenport cds, small portion of backflap missing (noticeable at top) and some minor foxing, still an attractive franking (Image)

1876 Half Penny on 9d dull purple with double surcharge, B53 numeral, perforation faults, very scarce variety, cert. Brandon (2004) (Image)

1876 1/2d on 9d Dull Purple (red surcharge) unused, very fine and rare (SG £3'250) (Image)

1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in red with CANCELLED overprint in pair showing strong shift of the surcharge, unused, fine and scarce (Image)

1877 Unissued 1/2d on 9d surcharge in black with CANCELLED overprint, left wing marginal, regummed, one bent corner perf. otherwise fine and rare (Image)

1878 2R50c colour trial in dull violet, mint og, trivial corner bend, described by Ibbotson p.160, very rare, ex Kanai (Image)

1879-80 4c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 27 1877, fine (Image)

1879-80 13c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 14 1877, fine (Image)

1879-80 13c Slate used strip of four with "B32" numerals, perfs strengthened between 2nd & 3rd stamp, a few short perfs at left, a rare multiple (SG £1'300+) (Image)

1879-80 25c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed card with "BEFORE HARDENING" and Nov 2 1877 ds, plus reduced die proof of the 13c (Image)

1879-80 25c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 1 1877, fine (Image)

1879-80 38c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Nov 23 1877, fine (Image)

1879-80 50c De La Rue die proof in black on glazed cards, dated Dec 6 1877, pencil indentation affecting die o/w fine (Image)