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  • Lot# : 376 Mauritius

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    1885 (6 June): Stationery postcard 2 c. brown from Rose Hill to Moka, forwarded to St. Pierre, the indicium struck by oval '25' barred numeral, matching "ROSE-HILL" despatch cds alongside as well as MOKA arrival cds of the same day. Reverse with MOKA despatch (6 June) cds and front with the unique strike of the St. Pierre identifier.rnNote: The only known strike of this provisional cancel which was in use while strikes of the D2 circular datestamp are not found for about two years between May 1885 and March 1887.rnReference: The present strike was taken by Edward Proud as basis for the figure D3 on page 382 in "The postal history of Mauritius".
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF