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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 (09), two pence, used (IX) (1847)

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From
1847
To
1847
Functions
Stamp
Location
Swedish Postal Museum, Stockholm
Summary

2d. Used. There is a faint red postmark infringing the lower left corner and the tops of the letters PO of POST.

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Events

1847
Used on a letter to Borchard at Bordeaux.
1869
Found by Madame Borchard (in 1869 or earlier). The stamp was acquired by the dealer Madame Desbois.
1870
Madame Desbois sold the stamp to the dealer Jean-Baptiste Moens, along with VII and VIII and some other Mauritian stamps, for Fr.500 (£20). A Monsieur Perinelle subsequently purchased VIII and IX for Fr.950 (£38).
1881
Moens repurchased IX and VIII for Fr.3,000 (£120) and sold them to Philipp von Ferrary for Fr.5,500 (£220).
1912
Warren H. Colson, of New England Stamp Co., acquired IX in exchange with Ferrary for the ‘Boscawen’, a unique American stamp.
date (?)
Hans Lagerloef bought both IX and IV.
1927
Lagerloef gifted the two stamps to the Swedish Postal Museum in Stockholm.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan

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