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

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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

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    • Mauritius / 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 / 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)