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Mauritius 1866 Incoming Folded Entire “ship letter’ Unpaid from Calcutta India > Port Louis Charged “6d / TO PAY” on Arrival (Proud Type U25); SUPERB & VERY SCARCE
$750.00Mauritius 1866 Incoming Folded Entire “ship letter‘ Unpaid from Calcutta India Sent to Port Louis Charged “6d / TO PAY” (Proud Type SL11) on Arrival (Proud Type U25); VERY SCARCE & VERY FINE (2-15199)
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Mauritius 1868 Incoming Entire ex Bangkok Thailand Entire > [Port Louis] Stamps Removed w/ Postage Due with 9d Fine Applied on Arrival & Presumably 2d Underpaid as Likely Acknowledged by Boxed Insufficient” Hand-stamp, Thus on Arrival a “11d Accountancy Was Applied in Lieu; VERY RARE & FINE
$1,500.00Mauritius / Thailand 1868 Incoming Entire Sent from Bangkok Siam (i.e., Thailand) Entire to [Port Louis], Stamps Removed (Peter Ibbotson in 1991 via Private Communication with Bruce Haynes Acknowledged that He Was Permitted to Go Through the Archives of Pipon Adams & Co, wherein He Had Removed the Stamps of Many in the Archive Mail); Thus, Presumably 2d Underpaid as Likely Acknowledged by Boxed “Insufficient” Hand-stamp, & Being Subjected to 9d Fine on Arrival in Mauritius (as Established in July 1868), Making an 11d Total Charge. Postal Authorities Did Not Have an “11d / TO PAY” Postage Due Hand-stamp, therefore an “11d” Accountancy Was Applied in Lieu, Only Three Covers Are Recorded This Being the Latest Date Recorded; The “11d” Accountancy Not Recorded by Proud; Where the Manuscript 10d & the Boxed “INSUFFICIENT” Were Applied Is not Known; Although This Entire Received a Poor Renovation, STILL AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ITEM SHOWING AN INNOVATIVE POSTAL OFFICIAL’s EFFORTS; RARE & FINE (5-15316)
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Mauritius 1868 Incoming Entire ex Calcutta India Prepaid Mail not Paying the 1 Anna Ship Letter Rate, Stamps Having Been Removed > Port Louis thus Charged “6d /TO PAY” Noting Hand-stamp; Ship Letter Calcutta Hand-stamp Applied on REV; One of Only Three Recorded; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE
$750.00Mauritius 1868 Incoming Entire from Calcutta India Prepaid Mail not Paying the 1 Anna Ship Letter Rate, Stamps Having Been Removed (Peter Ibbotson in 1991 via Private Communication with Bruce Haynes Acknowledged that He Was Permitted to Go Through the Archives of Pipon Adams & Co, wherein He Had Removed the Stamps of Many in the Archive Mail) Sent to Port Louis thus Charged “6d /TO PAY” Noting Hand-stamp; Ship Letter Calcutta Hand-stamp Applied on REV; One of Only Three Recorded; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15567)
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Mauritius 1868 Incoming Env ex Calcutta India “EXPRESS” (REV Hexagonal Date-stamp Applied in Red) > Port Louis Noting “1d / TO PAY” Required on In-Bound Letters per Postal Regulation Established on 13 May 1867; SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE
$375.00Mauritius 1868 Incoming Envelope Sent from Calcutta India Displaying “EXPRESS LETTER / CALCUTTA” (Hexagonal Date-stamp Applied in Red on Reverse) Sent to Port Louis via Bombay & Aden, Mauritius Did Not Have EXPRESS Service until 1 May 1904); Noting “1d / TO PAY” Was Applied as Required on In-Bound Letters per Postal Regulation Established on 13 May 1867, the “1d” Hand-stamp Shows “fat 1d”; Indian Stamps Were Removed, (Peter Ibbotson (1991 via Private Communication with Bruce Haynes Acknowledged that He Was Permitted to Go Through the Archives of Pipon Adams & Co, wherein He Had Removed the Stamps of Many of the Archive Mail); a De Pitray Survey Recorded 49 Covers with the 1d / TO PAY”, Predominately Confined in 1867 through 1869; SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15573)
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Mauritius 1868 Incoming Folded Entire ex Adelaide (Peacock & Co), South Australia via Galle Charged “1d / TO PAY” on Arrival (Type 3, One of Three Recorded Examples); Stamps Removed; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE
$650.00Mauritius 1868 Incoming Folded Entire ex Adelaide (Peacock & Co), South Australia via Galle Charged “1d / TO PAY” on Arrival (Type 3 with the Tail of the ‘d’ Pointing Down & The Distance Between the D and the Underling is 4.25mm, One of Only Three Recorded Examples), Type # ; Stamps Removed; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15458)
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Mauritius 1869 Port Louis Folded Entire > Nancy France Franked 1Shilling SG68 Yellow + 4d SG62 Tied w/ “B53” Obliterator; SCARCE & VERY FINE
$550.00Mauritius 1869 Port Louis Folded Entire Sent to Nancy France Franked 1Shilling SG68 Yellow + 4d SG62 Tied with “B53” Obliterator; SCARCE & VERY FINE (2-1173)
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Mauritius 1869 Port Louis Folded Entire Franked SG60,65 > France w/ Full Enclosure; VERY SCARCE & VERY FINE
$475.00Mauritius 1869 Port Louis Folded Entire Franked 2¢ SG60, 6¢ SG65 Sent to Nancy, France with Full Enclosure & in Superb Condition, with 1995 BPA Certificate; VERY SCARCE & VERY FINE (2-1171)
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Mauritius 1870 [G.P.O.] Env > Aberdeen, Scotland Bearing 9d, 1d Adhesives SG 51, 57 Tied “B53” Proud Type K7 Cancel, w/ Red “9d [no Line under d]” Accountancy Hand-stamp; VERY SCARCE, JUST FINE
$625.00Mauritius 1870 [G.P.O.] Envelope Sent to Aberdeen, Scotland Bearing 9d, 1d Adhesives SG 51, 57 Tied “B53” Proud Type K7 Cancel, Displaying Red “9d [no Line under d]” Accountancy Hand-stamp; VERY SCARCE, JUST FINE (5-15578)
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Mauritius 1870 Incoming Entire ex Saigon Cochin China > Port Louis Stamps Removed w/ Boxed Hand-stamp “Affranchisment Insuffisant” & On Arrival “8d / TO PAY” w/ Top of “d” w/ Long Serif, Only Two Recorded; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE
$650.00Mauritius 1870 Incoming Entire ex Saigon Cochin China Sent to Port Louis Stamps Removed (Peter Ibbotson in 1991 via Private Communication with Bruce Haynes Acknowledged that He Was Permitted to Go Through the Archives of Pipon Adams & Co, wherein He Had Removed the Stamps of Many in the Archive Mail); with Boxed Hand-stamp “Affranchisment Insuffisant” & On Arrival “8d / TO PAY” Displaying Top of “d” w/ Long Serif, Only Two Recorded; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15580)
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Mauritius 1870 Incoming Entire Unpaid ex St Denis Reunion > Port Louis Noting Postage Due “8d / TO PAY” Hand-stamp Applied; Lovely EXHIBIT COVER; VERY SCARCE & EXTREMELY FINE
$495.00Mauritius 1870 Incoming Entire Unpaid Sent from St Denis Reunion to Port Louis Noting Postage Due “8d / TO PAY” Hand-stamp Applied (Proud Type U28); Lovely EXHIBIT COVER; VERY SCARCE & EXTREMELY FINE (5-15399)
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Mauritius 1873 Incoming Entire ex Cape Town “ship letter” > Port Louis per “Emma” w/ only “1/6” Accountancy Mark from Cape; RARE & JUST FINE
$695.00Mauritius 1873 Incoming Entire ex Cape Town “ship letter” Sent to Port Louis per “Emma” Displaying the only “1/6” Accountancy Mark from Cape; Ruffle (1985, pg34) Describes this Cover with Ship Letter & the Accountancy Being “probably 1/- Deficiency over ½ ounce, plus 6 inward”; Proud Hand-stamp Type A28; RARE & JUST FINE (5-15572)
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Mauritius 1875 Incoming Folded Entire ex Nantes France > Port Louis via Suez & Messageries Maritime Levied “1/8d / TO PAY”; SCARCE & EXHIBIT QUALITY
$250.00Mauritius 1875 Incoming Folded Entire ex Nantes France Sent to Port Louis via Suez & Messageries Maritime Levied “1/8d / TO PAY” (Proud Hand-stamp Type A29); SCARCE & EXHIBIT QUALITY (2-15450)
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Mauritius 1876 Env > London England Bearing 6d, ½d Adhesives SG 65, 76 Tied “B53” Obliterator; “½d on 9d” VERY SCARCE STAMP on Cover; EXTREMELY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE
$1,250.00Mauritius 1876 [Port Louis] Envelope Sent to London England Bearing 6d, ½d Adhesives SG 65, 76 Tied “B53” Cancel; “½d on 9d” VERY SCARCE STAMP on Cover; VERY minor Toning; EXTREMELY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15315)
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Mauritius 1877 Port Louis Folded Entire > Marseille Bearing Solo 6d Blue Green SG 64 Tied Duplex “B53” Correct Rate; SCARCE & VERY FINE
$275.00Mauritius 1877 (15 September) Port Louis Folded Entire Sent to Marseille Bearing Solo 6d Blue Green SG 64 Tied Duplex “B53” Correct Rate Reduced to 6d on 17 April; SCARCE & VERY FINE (5-15760)
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Mauritius 1879 Incoming Entire ex St Denis Reunion “ship letter” > Port Louis per Private Ship “Bourbonmaise” Charged “20¢” Associated w/ an Inwards Ship Letter Charge; Stamps Removed; VERY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE
$625.00Mauritius 1879 Incoming Entire from St Denis Reunion per “ship letter” Sent to Port Louis per Private Ship “Bourbonmaise” Charged “20¢” Associated with an Inwards Ship Letter Charge; Stamps Removed (Peter Ibbotson in 1991 via Private Communication with Bruce Haynes Acknowledged that He Was Permitted to Go Through the Archives of Pipon Adams & Co, wherein He Had Removed the Stamps of Many in the Archive Mail); ; VERY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15571)
