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

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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

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    • Mauritius 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 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)