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Mauritius 1861 Port Louis Folded Ltr Sht > St Denis, Reunion Bearing Solo 4d SG 48 Tied “B53” Short-Paid Noting “T” in Inverted Triangle & “40[c]” in Red; SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE
$575.00Mauritius 1861 Port Louis Folded Letter Sheet Sent to St Denis, Reunion Bearing Solo 4d Adhesive SG 48 Tied “B53” Proud Type K7, Short-Paid Noting a Partial “T” in Inverted Triangle & “40[c]” in Red; Merchant Cachet Applied in Green; SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15668)
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Mauritius 1864 Incoming “ship letter” Folded Entire ex Port Elizabeth [Cape South Africa] > Port Louis Rated at 2/- Charge on Letter Between 1 & 2 Ounces; Only Recorded Inwards Ship Letter from Cape to Mauritius; VERY RARE & FINE / VERY FINE
$495.00Mauritius 1864 Incoming “ship letter” (Applied in Red) Folded Entire Sent from Port Elizabeth [Cape South Africa] to Port Louis Rated at 2/- Charge (in Manuscript) on Letter Between 1 & 2 Ounces; Only Recorded Inwards Ship Letter from Cape to Mauritius; VERY RARE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15456)
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Mauritius 1864 Incoming Entire ex Nantes France . Port Louis via “Par Messageries francaise” Bearing 50c Franking Tied “”2662” & Postage Due “10d / TO PAY” Applied on Arrival; VERY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE
$350.00Mauritius 1864 Incoming Entire ex Nantes France . Port Louis via “Par Messageries francaise” Bearing 50c Franking Tied “”2662” & Postage Due “10d / TO PAY” Applied on Arrival; VERY SCARCE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15517)
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Mauritius 1865 [Port Louis] Folded Entire “FORWARDED BY / SCOTT & CO / MAURITIUS” > Tasmania Charged Accountancy “4d” (Proud Type A13, Earliest Recorded Date of Three Recorded; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE
$250.00Mauritius 1865 [Port Louis] Folded Entire “FORWARDED BY / SCOTT & CO / MAURITIUS” Sent to Launceston, Tasmania Charged Accountancy “4d” (Proud Type A13, Earliest Recorded Date of Three Recorded; On Reverse Diamond-Shaped Hand-stamp “SHIP-LETTER-INWAD FREE” Date-stamp; Stamps Removed; RARE & FINE / VERY FINE (5-15454)
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Mauritius 1865 Incoming Env ex London England > LLewellyu Mauritius via Marseille Bearing 6d, 4d Tied Duplex Date-stamp Charged “4½” on Arrival (Proud Type A14); VERY SCARCE & FINE
$350.00Mauritius 1865 Incoming Envelope Sent from London England to LLewellyu Mauritius via Marseille Bearing 6d, 4d Adhesives Tied Duplex Date-stamp Charged “4½” on Arrival (Proud Type A14); a Bit Rough at Top; VERY SCARCE & FINE (5-15394)
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Mauritius 1865 Port Louis Folded Entire > Nantes, France via Marseille & Paris Bearing Pair 4d Adhesives SG62 Tied “B53”; SCARCE & VERY FINE
$150.00Mauritius 1865 Port Louis Folded Entire Sent to Nantes, France via Marseille & Paris Bearing Pair 4d Adhesives SG62 Tied “B53”; SCARCE & VERY FINE (5-15790)
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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 “ship letter‘ Unpaid ex Pondicherry India > Port Louis Charged “6d / TO PAY” (Proud Type SL11) on Arrival (Proud Type U25); VERY SCARCE & VERY FINE
$750.00Mauritius 1868 Incoming Folded Entire “ship letter‘ Unpaid from Pondicherry India Sent to Port Louis Charged “6d / TO PAY” (Proud Type SL11) on Arrival (Proud Type U25); VERY SCARCE & VERY FINE (2-15200)
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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)
