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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 (13), two pence, used (XIII) (1847)

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From
1847
To
1847
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Location
Private hands
Summary

2d. Used. Cancelled in the lower left-hand corner with part of a large circular postmark. The stamp is damaged at the bottom and the lower right-hand corner is cut.

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Events

1847
Used on a letter to Borchard at Bordeaux.
1869
Found (in 1869 or earlier) by Madame Borchard, who exchanged the stamp with Martineau, a Bordeaux collector (in 1869 or earlier).
1872
The stamp was acquired by the dealer Madame Desbois, then bought by Jean-Baptiste Moens for Fr.100 (£4) in September. Moens sold it to Arthur de Rothschild four days later for Fr.600 (£24).
1893
Philipp von Ferrary bought Rothschild’s collection for Fr.140,000 (£5,600).
1923
Maurice Burrus bought the stamp at the sixth Ferrary sale in Paris for Fr.49,350 (£720).
1963
Bought by the firm of Stanley Gibbons Ltd at the Burrus sale for £3,300.
1972
Displayed by Stanley Gibbons Ltd in Brussels at Belgica ’72, from which it was sold to a collector in Bermuda for £22,000.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan

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