EARLY STAMPLESS MAIL, 1850-1859 continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 81 |
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 COLLECTION OF COVERS TO FRANCE ALL WITH DOUBLE-OVAL "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" DS: Group of 1851-59 E/ELs or env. from Mauritius to
France (mainly Bordeaux) all having fair-very fine different types of the oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" in red (12) or black. Many with routing endorsements (inc. via Aden) & several endorsed by named ships with various ms or hs charges. (13 covers)
Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 82 |
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 GROUP OF COVERS TO FRANCE ALL BUT ONE WITH DOUBLE-OVAL "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" DS: 1854-59 group of E/ELs all to France & all but
one with fine-very fine oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds's (all black). Some with routing endorsements & several endorsed by named ships inc. 13 Sept. 1854 EL "par le Steamer Propontis via Cape" (unusual route). (9 covers) Cross Reference:
FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 83 |
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 INGOING MAIL FROM FRANCE, NATAL, ETC. WITH VARIED MAURITIUS MARKINGS: 1851-1859 group (couple repaired) of ingoing E/ELs (1 with
stamps removed) from France (4), Galle or Natal (2) inc. 14 Sept. 1854 EL from Port Natal endorsed "Per Princeza/Consignees Letter" & 8 Aug.(?) 1851 EL from Natal with fine crowned "MAURITIUS/GPO" & "Ship Letter". Some with routing endorsements &
several endorsed by named ships. (7 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, NATAL, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 84 |
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 REUNION - PREPAID INGOING COVER BY THE RARE ROUTE VIA GB, THE CAPE & MAURITIUS: 10 Feb. 1853 EL (some slight toning) from Bordeaux
to Reunion endorsed "Voie d'angleterre / le Cap de Bonne Esperance et Maurice" with oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" on the front along with Bordeaux cds, boxed "PD" mark & London "PAID" cds. St. Denis backstamp struck on the join. Henri Tristant
records only two examples at this date travelling by this rare route (France & Colonies Philatelist; Whole no. 185 Vol. 37 No.3, July 1981). Cross Reference: REUNION, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 85 |
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 PREPAID COVER TO C.G.H WITH UNIQUE(?) RED BOXED "MAURITIUS./SHIP POSTAGE/BRITISH" DS + "BRITISH POSTAGE/PAID": 7 Feb. 1854 env.
(flap lost) from Mauritius to Cape Town (20 Feb. backstamp) with the only recorded example of the octagonal red "MAURITIUS/SHIP POSTAGE/BRITISH." ds (fair-fine, partly under filing note; Proud, p.268, SL12) on the front along with red crayon "1/-"
charge & faint very rare "BRITISH POSTAGE/PAID" beside oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds (both in same ink). Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 340
SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 86 |
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 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - UNPAID PAIR EX. MAURITIUS INC. "MISSENT - TO LONDON": 7 May 1854 E from Mauritius to Cape Town (19 Aug.
backstamp) "p. Screw Steamer Calcutta" with oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds & red "MISSENT-TO/LONDON" both finely struck on the front. 14 July 1856 env. from Mauritius to Cape of Good Hope (1 Sep. backstamp) with crowned "MAURITIUS/GPO" on the
front. Both covers with ms "1/-" charge. Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 87 |
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 PACKET LETTER TO FRANCE MISSENT VIA SOUTH HAMPTON WITH RED BOXED "COLONIES/&c.ART.13.": 12 Aug. 1854 EL from Port Louis to Bordeaux
"p Overland - voie Pointe d'Galle & Marseilles" in somewhat poor handwriting possibly leading it to be missent to Southampton/London (6 Oct. backstamp) and very finely struck by boxed "COLONIES/&c.ART.13." accountancy mark. Red "PACKET
LETTER/MAURITIUS" on the front along with Calais entry & "15" decimes hs charge. Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, MISSENT MAIL
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 88 |
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 AUSTRALIA - RARE EARLY USAGE OF "Late Received" MARK ON INGOING COVER FROM MELBOURNE: 16 Aug. 1854 EL from Melbourne to Mauritius "p
United" having only a crowned "MAURITIUS/GPO" ds & the earliest recorded "Late Received" mark recorded by Proud (mostly fine; I7, p.262, 10/11/1854-27/4/1933 usage). Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 89 |
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 ITALIAN STATES/SWITZERLAND - UNPAID MAIL FROM PORT LOUIS VIA ADEN/CEYLON: 22 July 1854 E from Mauritius to Geneva "p Cale Via
Ceylon" with a complex accumulation of corrected ms rates on the front along with "VIA DI NIZZA" hs (slightly struck off cover), red oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds & Marseilles entry plus several Italian & Swiss backstamps. 19 Jan. 1858 E from
Mauritius to Genoa (19 Feb. backstamp) "Via aden & Marseilles" with corrected ms rates on the front and Italian & French backstamps & "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds on reverse. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, SWITZERLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 90 |
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 VERY RARE PAIR OF MAURITIUS "Returned Letter" WRAPPERS WITH ORIGINAL CONTENTS TO INDIA: 26 Dec. 1855 & 19 Jan. 1856 pair of envs.
complete with contents & "Returned Letter./ Dead Letter Office,/Mauritius." wrappers with both having framed "CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER/Bearing" ds's & both unusually dated & endorsed "Not found / Return to London" despite Pipon Bell & Co. being based in
Mauritius. One also having gone via Madras where it was endorsed on the reverse "Forwarded by Mess's Oysnes & Co.(?)" & had red boxed "MADRAS/G.P.O." ds applied. Quite a remarkably rare & attractive pair. (2 envs. + 2 wrappers) Cross
Reference: INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, RETURNED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £900.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 91 |
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 PACKET LETTER TO INDIA BY US STEAMER & RETURNED "NOT FOUND" VIA LONDON: 21 Feb. 1856 EL with printed contents + 'Prices Current' of
Pipon, Bell & Co. from Mauritius to Calcutta "p. San Jacinto to Ceylon" with red oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" & red crayon "4" on the front & "CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER/Bearing.4" ds on the join. Oddly endorsed "28/3/56 / Not Found Return to London" on
the front despite being a Mauritius based company. Cross Reference: INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, INDIA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 92 |
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 COLONIES/&c.ART.13. COVER TO FRANCE WITH UNUSUAL GREEN BOXED "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" DS, ETC.: 10 Feb. 1855 E from Mauritius to Nantes with
boxed "COLONIES/&c.ART.13." on the front along with crowned "MAURITIUS/GPO" ds, ms "45" decimes charge & Calais entry. French & London backstamps plus superbly struck "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" in green ink. Also, trio of 1855/6 ELs to/from Mauritius/France,
two of which having the first recorded use of Type C (red, fair) & D (black, fine) "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds's (Proud SL6 & 7, p.267; ERD 21/3/1856). (4 covers) Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, FRANCE, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 93 |
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 SPECTACULAR COVER FROM FRENCH INDIA (BLOCK OF 8 ½ ANNAS) TO REUNION WITH RARE RED PORT LOUIS BOXED "PACKET" TRANSIT MARK: 25 Jan.
1857 E from Pondicherry to Reunion "via de Madras et Pte de Galle (and Mauritius)" with a block of 8 blue ½a (SG37; a few short perfs at bottom) each individually cancelled by "C/III" dotted diamonds beside red rectangle "PONDICHERRY/PAID" ds. Also,
rare Mauritius boxed "PACKET" very finely struck in red on the front which Tarry notes is one of "4 examples recorded". Spectacular Exhibition Item. [Ex. Phillips Ibbotson Sale, 21/5/1992, lot 107; £340 + BP & VAT. Featured in his book 'Mauritius
Postal History & Stamps', p.54]. Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, INDIA, REUNION (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 500
SOLD for £4,800.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 94 |
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 GIBRALTAR - RARE PREPAID PACKET LETTER FROM PORT LOUIS + STAMP-REMOVED WITH RARE RED BOXED "PACKET": Unique 27 Dec. 1858 mourning
env. from Mauritius to Gibraltar endorsed "Paid" & with red oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds on the front plus blue "GIBRALTAR" cds red crayon "4" accountancy marking. Also, 10 Feb. 1857 EL (stamp removed) from Adelaide to Port Louis with the very
rare red boxed "PACKET" (slightly struck off cover; only 4 recorded) with a 2nd faint strike on the reverse. (2 covers) Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 95 |
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 1st P&O SAILING FROM SYDNEY VIA MAURITIUS - PAIR OF COVERS (TO FRANCE OR GB), ETC.: 11 Mar. 1859 E (faults) & env. from Mauritius to
Nantes or Hastings "Overland voie de Suez & Marseilles" - the first P&O sailing of the Sydney to Suez route via Mauritius - both having fine oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds's and ms "40" decimes charge or red crayon "4" accountancy marking. (2
covers) Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, AUSTRALIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 96 |
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 1st P&O SAILING FROM SYDNEY VIA MAURITIUS - PAIR OF COVERS TO FRANCE: 11 Mar. 1859 pair of ELs (faults) from Mauritius to Marseilles
(same address) "pr Steamer Salsette via Aden" - the first P&O sailing of the Sydney to Suez route via Mauritius - both having oval "PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS" ds's, "8" decimes hs charges & Marseilles entries. (2 covers) Cross Reference:
AUSTRALIA, FRANCE (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
LATER STAMPLESS MAIL, 1860-1871
| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 97 |
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 REUNION - BLUE BOXED "PF" PAIR WITH WITH RED CRAYON "6" OR "S1/S" + "PD" TO FRANCE: Pair of June or July 1861 ELs from Reunion to
Mauritius per "Neptune" with fair or fine "ST DENIS/ILE DE LA REUNION" cds's & boxed "PF" both in blue on the front plus early examples of plain "MAURITIUS" cds on the reverse (Proud, D4, p.233; ERD 9/6/1861). One with red crayon "6" & other with
unusual "S1/S" charges. Also, 10 Feb 1869 E (reinforced) from Reunion to Nantes "Par Messageries Imperiales Via de Suez" with mostly fine red octagon "COL FR. V. SUEZ/P.F.AMB.MAR" ds. (3 Covers) Cross Reference: REUNION, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 98 |
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 V. FINE "Ship Letter" ON "CONSIGNEE'S LETTER" EX. INDIA WITH RARE RED CRAYON "2S/S" MARK: 31 Oct. 1861 EL (faults) from Madras to
Mauritius (27 Nov. backstamp) endorsed "Consignees Letter p Sovereign of India" with very finely struck "Ship Letter" beside red crayon "2s/s" marking. Cross Reference: INDIA, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 99 |
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 INGOING MAIL EX. INDIA ("PRINTED CIRCULARS") OR GB (PREPAID 5/- RATE) - BOTH CHARGED 6d: 11 Sept. 1863 printed circular (reinforced
with thin tape) from Calcutta to Mauritius (26 Oct. backstamp) per "St. Louis" with very fine blue "PRINTED CIRCULARS./CIRCULAIRES IMPRIME'ES" cachet but still charged "6d" in blue crayon on the front. 7 Oct. 1864 EL (fragile, tears on folds) from
Liverpool to Mauritius (5 Nov. backstamp) endorsed "Paid" with red ms "5/-" beside red crayon "6" on the front along with London & Liverpool paid cds's. (2 covers) Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER BY POST, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
| 100 |
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 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (PORT ELIZABETH) COVER TO PORT LOUIS WITH RED "Ship Letter" + BLUE "1/TO PAY": 30 May 1864 EL (internal toning)
from Port Elizabeth to Port Louis (25 June backstamp) "p 'Edith Smith'" with mostly fine red "Ship Letter" mark above an early usage of a fine blue "1/ / TO PAY" hs (Proud, UP32, p.259; ERD 29/3/1864). Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, POSTAGE
DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM |
