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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 (14), two pence, unused (XIV) (1847)

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From
1847
To
1847
Functions
Stamp
Location
Tapling Collection, British Library, London
Summary

2d. Unused. The stamp has been repaired and part of the inscription at the foot crudely redrawn.

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Events

1847
Used on a letter to Borchard at Bordeaux.
1865
Found by Madame Borchard, who later (date unknown) exchanged the stamp with, or sold it to, a Bordeaux collector.
1875
The owner sold the collection to the dealer Madame Desbois for Fr.500 (£20). The ‘Post Office’ stamp was extracted and bought by Jean-Baptiste Moens for Fr.300 (£12) in August. Moens sold it soon after to Philipp von Ferrary for Fr.600 (£24).
1886
Ferrary exchanged the stamp with Thomas Keay Tapling for, it is thought, a pair of Poonch stamps.
1891
The British Museum received Tapling’s collection as a bequest.
1973
Tapling Collection transferred to the British Library.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan

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