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1389

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1863/72: 4 d. rose and 1 s. orange used on 1876 double rate cover to Agen, France endorsed "via Suez et Marseille", tied by barred circular "B53" obliterators in black with "P.D." in red adjacent, also tied by octagonal "POSS. AN V. SUEZ / AMB. M" datestamp (July 14, in error) in red (Salles fig. 1875) and carried by Steamer "Dupleix". Reverse with "Mauritius" despatch cds (July 20) in blue and Agen arrival (Aug 15) cds. A pretty cover. Signed Alcuri. Cert. BPA (1995). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1390

cover

1865: 6 d. yellow-green, a single example used on 1877 entire letter from Port louis to Marseille endorsed "via Aden & Marseille", well tied by Mauritius / B53 duplex (May 24) in black. Carried on steamer "Godavery" with octagonal "POSS. AN / PAQ. FR. T No. 2" datestamp in red alongisde (Salles fig. 2151) with arrival cds (June 18) on reverse. Superb quality. Note: Mauritius joined the UPU on 1 April 1877 and the rate dropped to 6d. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1391

cover

1871: French Shipmail, Incoming & Outgoing, France Siège 40 c. orange (Yv 38), a single example used on 1877 cover endorsed "Str. Dupleix, via Suez & Marseille" to Nice, tied by bold "LIGNE T / PAQ. FR. No. 1" cds (March 3) in black (Salles fig. 2141) with information strike alongside; reverse with "Ligne N / Paq. Fr. No. 8" cds (March 14) in black (Salles fig. 1921) alongside Marseille entry cds and Nice (March 27) arrival. A charming and scarce cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1392

cover

1876: 'Half Penny' on 9 d. purple used in combination with 1863/72 1 d. brown, 6 d. blue-green and 1 s. yellow on triple weight (¾ ounce / under 22½ grams) cover to Master of the "Frederica" at Batavia, Netherland East Indies endorsed "per French Mail"; all tied by circular barred "B53" obliterators in black. Carried by the "Godavery" and thence entirely by French ships with octagonal "POSS. AN. / PAQ. FR. T No. 2" despatch in red (June 22) with "P.DP." adjacent. Reverse with Batavia arrival (Aug 3). Repairable corner opening tear otherwise an exceptional example of the short-lived 6½ d. rate per ¼ ounce and a rare four colour franking demonstrating the reason the 1876 ½ d. on 9 d. adhesive was issued. Cert. BPA (1995). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1393

cover

1878: 8 c. on 2 d. pale blue and 17 c. on 4 d. rose in a vertical pair on reverse, used on 1880 registered double rate cover from Port Louis to London endorsed "Per Donald Currie's Steamer via Cape of Good Hope", tied by circular barred "B53" obliterators in black. Oval "Registered / Mauritius" despatch (Feb 9) in black and oval "Registered / London" arrival. Some edge wear to envelope but a most unusual routing instead of the normal French service. (Image 1)

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Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1394

cover

1878: 25 Cents on 6 d. slate-blue and 50 Cents on 1 s. green, single usages of 1878 covers (2) from the same correspondence ex Port Louis to Bordeaux, the 25 c. on 6 d. cover (signed E. Diena) cancelled by octagonal "POSS. AN / PAQ. FR. T No. 2" datestamp (Jan 4) in black with same datestamp struck in red alongside (Salles fig. 2151); the 50 c. on 1 s. cover with original contents with the adhesive tied by "Mauritius / B53" duplex (Jan 4) also struck with the French Paquebot marking in red for the same day and correctly endorsed "Str. Godavery" at top. A remarkable pairing at single and double rate, each with the adhesives used on second day of issue. Note: Mauritius converted its currency to Rupees and Cents on 3 January 1878. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1395

cover

1904/07: 1 r. grey-black & carmine, a used example on 1913 cover to Boblingen, Germany tied by "Port Louis / Mauritius" cds (April 5) in black. reverse with full impression of "GENERAL POST OFFICE / MAURITIUS" red wax seal (30 mm. in diameter) and both Boblingen (May 2) cds and readdressed to Grossbottwar (May 3). Slight imperfections but an unusual stamp on letter. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1396

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1926: 4 c. brown, a diagonally bisected example used on small visiting card envelope to Port Louis, tied by ARGY cds (Dec 7) in black, with Port Louis arrival cds on reverse. Correctly rated, a scarce usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1397

cover

1940/44: Covers/cards (3) showing the re-use of the 1850 (!) numeral "3" handstamp originally supplied to Souillac; with 1940 cover from Mauritius tied by "Pillar Box / General Post Office" cds (Oct 23) with handstamp "3" adjacent, mailed to a Captain in the Royal Artillery in Gibraltar and not found: struck with "Gibraltar return / To ARMY POST OFFICE" (unlisted in Haycock) in black; returned with "FPO / 475" cds (1 Jan 1941) with oval PASSED BY CENSOR / MAURITIUS in violet and Reseal OPENED BY CENSOR at right (Types IIC). GPO / Mauritius arrival (April 1); 1941 cover to Arizona, USA franked at 20 c. rate with 10 c. pair tied "Pillar Box / General Post Office" (April 9) again with handstamp "3" alongside in black and OPENED BY CENSOR Reseal at left; 1944 postcard franked 2 c. for local use tied "Pillar Box / General Post Office" (Feb 18) with handstamp "3" alongside "Grand River S.E." cds. It appears that the handstamp "3", after some ninety plus years, was being used as a Postman's collection number, but we are open to further suggestions. A rare group. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1398

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1828/46: Interesting group comprising 13 pre-philatelic letters/documents sent from Port Louis to Nantes, addressed to Bourcard & Luther, bearing manuscript charge marks alongside despatch, transit and arrival postmarks. The correspondence discusses the state of business on the island, primarily the export and sale of mules. One letter notes a shipment to the Loire arriving in pitiful condition, not consisting of selected beasts, yet still returning $230 each, despite 15 of the 60 animals having died. Other subjects include hurricanes, sugar prices, ship movements and the continued prosperity of the colony. Additionaly a group of 5 entire letters incoming mail 1836/1846, with 1836 entire from Valognes, France to Mauritius, struck with framed "PP" in red, readdressed on arrival to Plaines Willhems; prepaid June 1836 entire to Grand Port, Mauritius with oval "PAID SHIP LETTER / ♚ / LONDON" in red, similar entire mailed in 1837 with "MAURITIUS / POST OFFICE" cds of receipt in red (both ex Clifford correspondence); 1843 prepaid entire from Aberdeen and 1846 prepaid entire from London also struck with "PAID SHIP LETTER / ♚ / LONDON" in red, this last with "MAURITIUS / POST OFFICE" cds in black. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24)

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1399

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1857/1904: Classic period mixed group with 1857/59 Post Paid 1 d. red, worn impression of fine appearance but thinned in margin at top and base, 1 d. latest impression unused but regummed and another three margin example, 1 d. orange-red and 2 d. blue facsimile sheets of 12; 1859 Dardenne 1 d. red and 2 d. pale blue used both with faults (all ex Spink, sale 23119, lot 5417); 1859 Dardenne verical pair used on large piece (cert. BPA, 1973); stockcard with Express Delivery issues and some dubious varieties. A highly catalogued group (23 items). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF1,600.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1400

cover

1818/1908: Group of nine circulated covers/cards, comprising pre-philatelic (3), 1899/1900 postal stationery cards (2), registered mailings (3 of which 2 are uprated stationery envelopes) and franked destination mail (1). Noted; 1818 entire letter to Caresse nearby Orthez, France with oval "PORT LOUIS / POST PAID" handstamp, 1853 two Shipmail entire letters written in Madras and directed to Port Louis Mauritius, both endorsed "Lady Jocelyn", and struck by "MADRAS / G.P.O. / 1853 JU 21" and oval "PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS" and the "INDIA PAID" handstamp in red. Among the three registered is an example dated 1904 sent from Rose Hill to Paris, endorsed "Via Colombo", bearing 1895 Arms 3 c. dull purple, a single and a block of four together with 1902 '12 CENTS' on 36 c. orange & ultramarine and a 1905 registered stationery envelope KEVII 15 c. blue from Curepipe to Leiden, Netherlands, bearing in addition Arms 12 c. grey-black & carmine and 1907 36 c. brown stationery envelope sent registered from Beau Bassin to Paris uprated with with 1900/05 6 c. purple & carmine on red. Also, a 1908 envelope from St. Julien to Susa, Italy, bearing 1905 Arms 15 c. black & blue on blue with gutter at right rare on destination mail. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF250.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1401

cover

1842/1940c.: Collection of covers/cards (55) with 1842 incoming entire from Nantes to Port Louis per "Sénillante", 1858 incoming cover prepaid from Liverpool to Port Louis at 9 d. rate, 1860 cover to Bordeaux with 1860 2 d. blue pair and 4 d. rose charged "22" décimes due (altered from 16) on arrival; 1860/61 covers (2) incoming from France at 80 c. rate; 1862 cover with 1860 4 d. rose (2) per str. "Ottawa" to France, 1872/73 covers (2) to France each with pair of 1863 4 d. rose; 1893 covers (2) each franked 15 c. chestnut, 1897 registered cover to Bombay at 30 c. rate; 1902 2 c. stationery card with neat "MARE D'ALBERT" cds's, 1908 cover to France at 15 c. rate cancelled "ROSE-HILL" cds's; 1919 front used with superb "GRAND BAY" cds's, 1921 cover franked 25 c. on OHMS envelope to France with delightful invoice from GPO of postage stamps enclosed to the value of 16 rupees, 1938 FDC with 4 c., 12 c. and 20 c. tied "Argy" cds's (26 Feb 1938), with many postcards unused or used, and faked cover with Britannia 6 d. and Lapirot 2 d. (ex Dale-Lichtenstein, sale 1, 21 Oct 1968, lot 73). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1402

cover

1860/63: 4 d. rose, the collection of covers (8) to France or India, all bearing this stamp used with a variety of cancellations: "1" numeral in three ringed circular handstamp on May 1860 cover; void barred obliterator on January 1861 cover, extremely rare framed "FREE" on Feb 1861 cover (Proud OPD29, latest recorded usage); extremely rare circular "♚ / GENERAL POST OFFICE / MAURITIUS" handstamp on March 1861 cover - only recorded on this voyage and just three covers known (Proud K4); circular "PAID" on May 1861 cover; barred oval "B53" obliterator on June 1861 on two covers (earliest recorded usages); Mauritius / B53 duplex on July 1861 cover. A very rare group showing the development of the cancellations until the duplex became almost universally utilised, a rare group and almost impossible to replicate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1403

cover

Mauritius, French Shipmail connection with the Messageries Maritimes1870/1934: Collection of 60 covers / postcards and postal stationery primarily to Mauritius, few ingoing, departing / going primarily from and to France but also from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Bosnia, Tunesia and Madagascar using vessels of the Lines N, T, U and V. The place of despatch on Mauritius is primarily Port Louis, but also village post offices such as CUREPIPE, FORREST SIDE, QUATRE BORNES, RIVIERE DES ANGUILLES, or QUATRE-BORNES. Covers in mixed condition with some covers with franking cut out, nevertheless a very interesting Shipmail assembly. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32)

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SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1404

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Airgraphs & Air Letters 1943/53: Selection of 20 Air Letters used/unused from Mauritius, including 1944 First Day usage, franked with King George VI 10c.and 25. tied by "Mauritius GPO 27 DE 44" cds to England with typographed note: "The air letter service available between Mauritius and the United Kingdom starts as from this day", three diff. types of Christmas Greetings (10) of which three used, two of 1947 and third registered (1957), 1951 used Air Mail Letter card endorsed 'FORCES MAIL' and Air Letter from 'Quatre Bornes' to Canada, 1953 Coronation and 1956 to Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands, together with seven airgraphs with one Christmas leaflet and two with attached envelopes (1945). A fine and very rare offer, hardly seen on the market, viewing essential. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22)

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Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

3354

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Incoming Mail via Indian Ocean 1857 (Sept 19): Entire from Port Louis, Mauritius to Launceston, Tasmania carried privately as a consignees letter and endorsed "per Canero" and, at lower left “favour by Capt. Walters”. On arrival at Hobart, superb framed "Ship Letter Inwards Free" handstamp was applied twice on the front, with a similar diamond datestamp (Oct 31) for delivery at Launceston on the reverse. No charges raised as the consignees letter meant that goods were being shipped by the writer. Very fine and a scarce entire from Mauritius to Tasmania. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Port Louis 19 Sept 1857 per “Cantero” to Hobart (321 Oct); overland to Launceston, arriving 31 Oct 1857 (59 days). Note: The commercial contents of the letter relate to the trade of sugar from Mauritius to Tasmania with an offer of half the consignee's cargo. Sugar was the primary trade between Mauritius and the Australian Colonies until the expansion of the sugar cane plantations in Queensland. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Jun-01, 11:59 PM

3355

cover

Incoming Mail via Indian Ocean 1858 (1 January): Entire from Port Louis, Mauritius to Melbourne, Victoria carried privately as a consignees letter with a fine strike “♚ / MAURITIUS / G.P.O.” datestamp in black (Jan 1) and a light inwards Ship Letter datestamp for Melbourne in red on the reverse. No charges raised as the consignees letter meant that goods were being shipped by the writer. Very fine, and one of the earliest covers from Mauritius to Victoria recorded. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Port Louis 1 Jan 1858 per “Pel” to Melbourne, arriving 1 March 1858 (59 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Closing..Jun-01, 11:59 PM

3359

cover

Incoming Mail via the Indian Ocean 1859 (Nov 12): Cover from Port Louis, Mauritius to Melbourne, Victoria bearing 1854-59 Mauritius 1 d. red on bluish paper, latest impressions, a horizontal pair (positions 4-5 on the sheet of twelve subjects) with large margins, just touched at left and used with 1859 Britannia 6 d. blue, good margins with slight scissor cut, cancelled by clear void handstamps and pre-paying 8 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Victoria. Endorsed “Per Mail Packet” at upper left and with fine Mauritius despatch and Melbourne arrival datestamp in red. A very fine and most appealing entire. Signed A. Diena. Cert. BPA (1993), Brandon (2007). Route - P&O Line: Departed Port Louis 18 Nov 1859 per “Columbian” via King Georges Sound (5 Dec) and Adelaide (10 Dec) to Melbourne, arriving 13.12.1859 (31 days). Note: Three Post Paid Mauritius covers are recorded to the Australian Colonies of which this is by far the finest. The addressee was the small colonial merchant Miller Brothers & Co. with offices in Queens Street, Melbourne. They owned the small schooner “Grecian Queen” which traded between Mauritius and Victoria, with occasional voyages to India. The contents of the entire refer to the “depressed state of trade in your market, unfortunately we have no better accounts to forward from this side and we can easily foresee from the limitation of credit and tightness of the money market that the (sugar) Planters will have a severe struggle to go through their Entrecoupe.” Provenance: Collection Lagerloef, Wren, Chand. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF8,000.00
Closing..Jun-01, 11:59 PM

3360

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Incoming Mail via Indian Ocean 1862 (Dec 30): Entire from Port Louis, Mauritius to Launceston, Tasmania bearing 1862 Mauritius 6 d. slate, lightly cancelled by "B53" obliterator, prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Tasmania. Internally, the entire is endorsed for the sailing ship “Rialto” for Melbourne, however, the letter missed this sailing and the “TOO LATE” handstamp was applied. The letter was later sent by the “Iserbrook”. At left is the scarce “MISSENT / TO ADELAIDE S.A.” handstamp in black, thence forwarded to Tasmania. Scarce and attractive, illustrating the inconsistency of sailing ship transportation to the Australian Colonies. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Port Louis 30 Dec 1862 per brig “Iserbrook” to Adelaide 16 Feb 1863. Launceston & Melbourne Steam Navigation Co: Departed Adelaide (19 Feb) per “Havilah” to Melbourne (21 Feb). Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co: Departed Melbourne (24 Feb) per “Royal Shepherd” to Launceston, arriving 25 Feb 1863 (57 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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