Lot 95 - 1848-59 Post Paid 1d red on bluish, worn impression, four very fine examples with full to wide margins all around used on 1860 cover Port Louis to Paris

1848-59 Post Paid 1d red on bluish, worn impression, four very fine examples with full to wide margins all around used on 1860 cover Port Louis to Paris, each cancelled by scarce neat circular PAID in black, GPO MAURITIUS despatch for JA 7 1860 on face, red V. SUEZ entry cds for 2 FEVR, charged “16” for French postage on arrival. A very fine and rare worn impression multiple franking which we consider to be the most attractive of the few known.

Expertise: Cert. A. Diena (1968) and BPA (1976), signed Holcombe.