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This website contains biographical and bibliographical information about the Post Office Mauritius stamps and subjects related to them. It is based on my research for the book Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps.

Post Office Mauritius (01/02), one penny, used (I) + two pence, used (II) (1847)

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From
1847
To
1847
Functions
Stamp
Location
Private hands
Summary

1d and 2d. Used. Cancelled with one impression of PAID in a rectangle. The upper left-hand corner of the 1d is defective. The two stamps were used on one letter; they were separated, but joined again after 1881.

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1847
Used on a letter to Borchard at Bordeaux.
1864
Found by Madame Borchard. Albert Coutures obtained the two stamps in exchange for two Montevideo ‘suns’.
1865
Dealer Jean-Baptiste Moens bought Coutures’s collection, valuing the two ‘Post Office’ stamps at Fr.100 (£4) each.
1866
Judge Philbrick bought the two stamps for Fr.500 (£20).
1881
Philipp von Ferrary bought Philbrick’s collection, including the two ‘Post Office’ stamps, for Fr.100,000 (£8,000).
1921
Maurice Burrus bought the two stamps at the second Ferrary sale in Paris for £2,172.
1963
Dealer Wilhelm Bartels bought the two stamps at the Burrus sale for £8,250.
1964
Bought by a European collector.
1985
Sold by dealer Wolfgang Jakubek for 1,955,000 DM (£521,333). Private hands.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan

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