1938-49 INTERESTING MAINLY MINT COLLECTION with mint 2c (38, inc. blocks of 6 with plate no 1, and four x 2 with plate no 2); 3c (28, inc. a plate 3 strip of five); 4c (10, inc. one open "C" variety); 5c (17); 10c (22, inc blocks of six & four); 12c (13); 20c (8); 25c (4); 1r (7); 2r 50c (6); 5r (11, inc. a plate no "3" block of four); and 10r (5). Also used with 2c (2), 3c (16), 4c, 5c (3), 10c (4), 20c (6), 25c (4), 1r (4), 2r 50c, and 5r. Mostly fine selected examples. (Qty) (Image)

1937-49 SPECIMEN ISSUES with 1937 Coronation 12c & 20c plus 1938-49 2c to 5r perforated "SPECIMEN". Fine. SG 249s, 251s and 252s to 263s. £425+. (14) (Image)

1938 3c REDDISH PURPLE & SCARLET: An unmounted mint marginal block of four from plate 1 with interpanneau gutter margin at left, clearly showing "S of MARITIUS" sliced vertically variety. SG 253a. (4) (Image)

1938 3c REDDISH PURPLE & SCARLET: A fine used example clearly showing "split frame" at upper left. 253b £275. (Image)

1938 4c GREEN: Two mint examples with open "C" variety. Also a normal for comparison. SG 254a £450. (3) (Image)

1938 4c GREEN: Two mint examples with open "C" variety. Also a normal for comparison. SG 254a £450. (3) (Image)

1938 4c GREEN: Two mint examples with open "C" variety plus a normal for comparison. Fine SG 254a £450. (3) (Image)

1938 10c PALE REDDISH ROSE - PERF. 15 x 14: A mint single with sliced "S" at top variety. Very light trace of horizontal gum crease at top. Scarce. SG 256da £750. (Image)

1938 10c ROSE-RED: Two mint shades with "sliced "S" at top variety. Fine. SG 256a & 256ca £340. (2) (Image)

1938 25c VARIETY ON AIRMAIL COVER: 3 Sept 1952 env. carried on the 1st Australia to S. Africa flight from Port Louis to Johannesburg franked 1950 5c, and 1938 2c & 25c brown-purple which clearly shows "U" flaw (SG 259ba). (Image)

1938 25c BROWN PURPLE: An unmounted mint horizontal pair from plate 1, one with the remarkable broken "U" and damaged "1" at foot varieties. Scarce. SG 259ba £300. (Image)

1938 1r GREY BROWN ON ORDINARY PAPER: A mint example clearly showing the battered "A" variety in "MAURITIUS". Fine. SG 260b £650. (Image)

1937-53 MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION inc. used 1938-49 values to 10r inc. 4c green with open "C" variety; 1937 Coronation issue FDCs (7, inc. one bearing blocks of four); 1946 Victory issue FDCs (2, inc. one from the Rodigrues Islands), 1948 Centenary FDCs (2) and plate blocks of four; 1948 RSW 5c & 10r; 1950 Definitive 1c to 10r. Also mint 1946 Victory issue perforated "SPECIMEN" and a 1950 definitive set. A fine lot. (Qty) (Image)

1936-52 COVERS TO USA inc. nine with censor labels and mostly bearing values inc. 1r of the 1938-49 issue. Interesting examples inc. 10 Aug. 1946 env. to New York with 2c & 5c (2) with a fine oval "Military Headquarters/MAURITIUS" hs; 8 Oct. 1946 env. to. New York franked 1938-49 20c (3) & 1r (2); 23 Mar. 1944 censored env. from The Mercantile Agency to New York with 1938-49 2c, 5c,20c (2) and 25c (3); 1949 env. registered from Vacoas to New York with 1948 wedding 5c & 10r. Mostly in good condition. (24 covers) (Image)

1937-54 REGISTERED & CENSORED COVERS TO UK with an interesting range of colourful frankings mostly of the 1938-49 issue with values to 1r. 1st day covers with 1937 Coronation (4); 1948 Centenary (2, one bearing blocks of four); and 1949 UPU issue. Also eighteen with censor labels. A good lot. (58 covers) (Image)

1937-52 COVERS TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS inc. censored items (15) and registered (10) mostly bearing 1938-49 values inc. 15 July 1938 env. registered to Sarawak with 2c to 12c; 13 Feb. 1946 env. registered to Madagascar with 20c strip of three; 4 July 1944 env. to Australia with 2c & 5c pair; 11 Sept. 1937 PC to Siam with Coronation set; 23 Sept. 1947 env. registered to Sweden with 5c, 10c & 1r; 31 July env. to Lubeck with 10c, 12c (5) and 1r, all with "B" perfins of Barclays Bank; four 12 May 1937 Coronation FDCs. Other destinations inc. Canada, S. Africa. Trinidad, Egypt, and East Africa. A good lot. (47 items) (Image)

1937-54 COVERS TO UK with an interesting array of frankings and cancellations, inc. a 12 May 1937 Royal Wedding FDC; 10 May 1940 "Mohamed Hossen & Co" printed env. with framed "Liable to Letter Rate/I.S." hs. A good number with multiple values of the 1938-49 issue. A small number are censored. (66 covers) (Image)

1937-46 COVERS TO MAURITIUS WITH SOME ITEMS FROM OVERSEAS inc. 8 May 1945 env. registered from Phoenix to Mauritius franked 1938-49 4c, 10c & 12c; 1943-44 "ACTIVE SERVICE" envs. ex UK, each franked KGVI 10d (4); 8 June 1937 env. from Hyderabad franked KGV India adhesives; 12 May 1937 envs. (7, inc three registered) franked with 5c to 20c used on day of issue. Very mixed condition. (59 items) (Image)

1937-46 COVERS WITH BOXED "DELIVERY" DATESTAMPS inc. 12 May 1937 Coronation FDC to Paris with boxed "DELIVERY/QUATRE BORNESS" & boxed "ADDRESS/INCOMPLETE" hs's on reverse. Another FDC with boxed "DELIVERY/CUREPIPE" ds; and other boxed delivery h.s's inc. G.P.O., ROSE HILL, BEAU BASSIN, FORREST SIDE and VACOAS. Mixed condition but interesting. (27 items) (Image)

1938-50 ENVELOPES TO FRANCE inc. nine registered items mostly franked 1938-49 issue inc. 21 Aug. 1938 env. registered to Paris franked 20c x 7; 24 Feb. 1939 env. registered to Paris with a single 1r tied by a v. fine oval "REGISTERED/G.P.O.MAURITIUS" ds; 19 Nov. 1938 "CONSORTIUM CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE" env. to Paris franked 10c (3) + 20c (2); 20 Jan. 1937 env. to Paris with 5c & 20c x 6. Mostly fine examples. (Image)