1858 Britannia original die proof in black on soft card, 59x51mm, clear impression and fine, a rare proof

Provenance: Kanai 1993 (Image)

1856 Britannia surcharged 4d green, fine mint with even four margins, scarce in fine condition (SG £1'800)

Expertise: Signed T A(llen) and cert. A Diena (1968) (Image)

1856 Britannia surcharged 4d green, very fresh unused with four margins, scarce in fine condition (SG £1'800)

Provenance: Sidney Cramer

Expertise: Cert. RPS (1958) (Image)

1856 Surcharged 4d green, exceptional strip of three, good to huge margins and fresh deep colour, light target cancels, minor wrinkle at centre, a very rare multiple and handsome showpiece

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein and Kanai

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1995) (Image)

1856 Surcharged 4d green, pair with massive margins including parts of three adjoining stamps, fresh colour and light target cancels, an exceptional multiple, rare

Provenance: Kanai

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994) (Image)

1856 Surcharged 4d green, good to enormous margins and tied by black target cancel to folded cover Port Louis (cds SP 1 1858) to Cape of Good Hope by the vessel "Emily Smith" via Algoa Bay, landed at Port Elizabeth SP 28 and sent thence overland to Cape Town arriving OC 2, charged "8" for Cape postage, minor mount soils, a fine and rare single franking.

Provenance: Kanai

Expertise: Signed W. E. Lea (Image)

1858-62 4d green mint horizontal pair, fresh colour and large even margins, a fine multiple and rare thus (SG £900 as singles)

Provenance: Kanai 1993

Expertise: Cert. Philatelic Foundation (1946, issue no.99 and signed Lichtenstein) (Image)

1858-62 4d green, brilliantly fresh used pair, neat barred oval cancels, clear to wide margins, a very fine multiple (Image)

1858-62 4d green, a very fine single tied light barred oval to folded letter Port Louis to France, GPO MAURITIUS despatch of JU 20 1859 on flap, Granville arrival 22 JUIL, charged "8" décimes French postage, a rare cover

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1968 (Image)

1858-62 6d vermilion, exceptional block of twenty with upper sheet margin, brilliant fresh colour and most original gum. light fold at central margin, slight paper adhesion on top block, lower left stamp with small spot, outstanding multiple.

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1970, Kanai 1993 (Image)

1858-62 9d dull magenta, brilliant unused corner block of 24 with sheet margins at top and right, unobtrusive vertical crease at left, almost certainly the largest known multiple and an outstanding piece (SG £21,600 as singles)

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1970, Kanai 1993 (Image)

1859 No value 9d dull magenta, a fine pair with clear circular numerals "16" of Rivière Seche, a scarce cancel (Image)

1862 Reissued as 1d, single franking for printed matter rate used on market report circular from Port Louis to France (address band, with despatch cds, is missing), tied oval B53 numeral, French entry cds V SUEZ for 2 FEVR 63, fine and a very rare usage on cover

Provenance: T V Roberts (Image)

1859-61 6d Plate proof in black on stout wove, a top right corner marginal block of four, fresh and very fine. (Image)

1859-61 6d Die proof in black on India paper on card, very fine and extremely rare

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1969, Chartwell 2011 (Image)

1859-61 6d Die proof in black, early state with some guide lines still uncleared, fresh and fine, very rare. (Image)

1859-61 6d Die proof in black on wove (1868 reprint), very fine (Image)

1859-61 6d Plate Proof in black on stout wove, a left marginal block of four, fresh and very fine.

Provenance: Chartwell 2011 (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, block of four very fine mint with four even margins, lower pair full original gum, fresh colour and a rare block. (SG £3200 as singles) (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, exceptional example with enormous margins all round, very fresh mint with original gum, most desirable (SG £800)

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1970 ("extremely fine")

Expertise: Signed Holcombe (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, fine mint with four even margins and original gum (SG £800)

Expertise: Signed A. Diena (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, pair with good to huge margins paying the double packet rate on cover to England "via Southampton", with GPO MAURITIUS despatch for JA 7 1860, stamps cancelled circular PAID in black, over manuscript "Pd. 1/-" confirming the double rate, a fine usage from the Harkness correspondence. (Image)

1859-61 Britannia 6d blue with part sheet margin at foot, very fine and tied by lightly struck barred oval to cover to England "via Southampton", oval PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS for AP 14 1859, Colonial credit "4" on face, a nice single usage

Expertise: Signed Calves and Miro (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, very fine with large margins and brilliant colour, used together with De La Rue 2d blue perforated on folded cover to Bordeaux, tied by neat circular PAID in black, MAURITIUS GPO despatch of MY 6 1861 on reverse, French entry cds V SUEZ 3 JUIN, a fresh and appealing combination

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1972) (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, very fine with large margins, used together with De La Rue 2d blue perforated on small envelope Flacq to Reuil, tied by clear B53 ovals in black, framed Flacq despatch of 4 DE 1861 on reverse, French entry cds V SUEZ 3 JANV, tiny bite out of cover at left away from stamps, a rare combination combination.

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1970 (Image)