MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES

Covers and stamps / Mauritius

MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES: 1872 Envelope to Paris with double rate franking Mauritius 1863/72 4d. rose and 6d. yellow-green in a horizontal pair, all tied by three strikes of the ‘B64’ obliterator in black with ‘P.D’ at left. Carried by ‘Ermine’ French Paquebot to Aden with octagonal ‘POS. AN. SUEZ / P.F. AMB. MARS’ on obverse (Aug 20). Reverse with unclear ‘ Seychelles’ dispatch c.d.s. and Paris arrival c.d.s. (Aug 21). A few trivial stains but very rare and most attractive. A famous cover. Provenance: Maurice Burrus (Robson Lowe 1 Oct 1963, lot 296) Lars T. Amundsen (SG 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 703) Fritz Muller (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1988, lot 150, illustrated on catalogue front cover) R.A.F Winchester (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1996, lot 224) Peter Morgan (Grosvenor 26 May 2004, lot 110) Besancon (Corinphila, lot 4890, sale 337)MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES: 1872 Envelope to Paris with double rate franking Mauritius 1863/72 4d. rose and 6d. yellow-green in a horizontal pair, all tied by three strikes of the ‘B64’ obliterator in black with ‘P.D’ at left. Carried by ‘Ermine’ French Paquebot to Aden with octagonal ‘POS. AN. SUEZ / P.F. AMB. MARS’ on obverse (Aug 20). Reverse with unclear ‘ Seychelles’ dispatch c.d.s. and Paris arrival c.d.s. (Aug 21). A few trivial stains but very rare and most attractive. A famous cover. Provenance: Maurice Burrus (Robson Lowe 1 Oct 1963, lot 296) Lars T. Amundsen (SG 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 703) Fritz Muller (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1988, lot 150, illustrated on catalogue front cover) R.A.F Winchester (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1996, lot 224) Peter Morgan (Grosvenor 26 May 2004, lot 110) Besancon (Corinphila, lot 4890, sale 337)

MAURITIUS USED IN SEYCHELLES: 1872 Envelope to Paris with double rate franking Mauritius 1863/72 4d. rose and 6d. yellow-green in a horizontal pair, all tied by three strikes of the ‘B64’ obliterator in black with ‘P.D’ at left. Carried by ‘Ermine’ French Paquebot to Aden with octagonal ‘POS. AN. SUEZ / P.F. AMB. MARS’ on obverse (Aug 20). Reverse with unclear ‘ Seychelles’ dispatch c.d.s. and Paris arrival c.d.s. (Aug 21). A few trivial stains but very rare and most attractive. A famous cover. Provenance: Maurice Burrus (Robson Lowe 1 Oct 1963, lot 296) Lars T. Amundsen (SG 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 703) Fritz Muller (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1988, lot 150, illustrated on catalogue front cover) R.A.F Winchester (Sotheby’s 24 Nov 1996, lot 224) Peter Morgan (Grosvenor 26 May 2004, lot 110) Besancon (Corinphila, lot 4890, sale 337)

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