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Mauritius Post Office, Port Louis
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- Postal service
- Summary
An official postal service in Mauritius dates back to 1772, when the island was under French rule. It fell into disuse and was revived by the British in 1834. The island's first postage stamps were issued in 1847.
The main Port Louis post office found itself in a number of buildings over the years, until a purpose-built post office was constructed in the late 1860s, inaugurated in 1870.
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Bibliography
Books
- Morgan, Helen, Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps, Atlantic Books, London, 2006. [ Details... ]
Journal Articles
- 'The Story of Air Mauritius', The Mauritius Philatelic Society News Bulletin, vol. 18, April 2001, p. 28. [ Details... ]
- Huron, Jean-Marie, 'Location of Port Louis Post Office 1847', The Mauritius Philatelic Society News Bulletin, vol. 18, April 2001, p. 46. [ Details... ]
- Ibbotson, Peter, 'Mauritius: The Early Inland Post 1773-1835', Postal History International, October 1974, pp. 398-400. [ Details... ]
- Lumgair, G., 'Mauritius Memories', The Stamp Lover, vol. 1, no. 10, March 1909, pp. 253-55. [ Details... ]
- Morton, Cyril Shadforth, 'A Study of the Early Postal Issues of Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 33, 1924, pp. 219-23, 238-44, 264-68. [ Details... ]
- Morton, Cyril Shadforth, 'The Post Office at the Mauritius', Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, no. 779-87, 1925, pp. 37,46-47, 66-37, 113-14, 136-37, 149-50, 168. [ Details... ]
- Morton, Cyril Shadforth, 'The Early Post Towns and Postmarks of Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 34, 1925, pp. 256-63. [ Details... ]
Reports
- Mr Brownrigg. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 24 May 1855; - for, A "Copy of all Despatches and Correspondence connected with the Removal of Mr. J. Stuart Brownrigg from the Office of Postmaster General of the Island of Mauritius, on the 9th day of June 1853." Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed 11 July 1855, London, 24 May 1855. [ Details... ]
Online Resources
- 'Mauritius Post - About Us - History', The Mauritius Post Ltd, 2004, http://www.mauritiuspost.mu/about/history/. [ Details... ]
- 'Opening of Waterfront Post Office', The Mauritius Post Ltd, 2006, http://www.mauritiuspost.mu/pages/news/news.php?newsId=71. [ Details... ]
Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 28 March 2006, Last modified: 1 July 2006