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Welcome to the Blue Mauritius Research Companion

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.

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Alfred Lichtenstein and Théodore Champion at one of the Ferrary sales in the 1920s.
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Photograph
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Arthur Hind
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Photograph
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At the Home of Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Photograph
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Banque d'Epargne et Banque de Maurice, Port Louis
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Postcard
Creator
Editions des Magasins Réunis
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21
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Title
The Blue Mauritius
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Photograph
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Blue Mauritius review - Canberra Times
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Scan
Date
2007
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Blue Mauritius review - The Age, Melbourne
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Scan
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Blue Mauritius review - The Bulletin (national)
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Scan
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Blue Penny Museum, Port Louis, Mauritius
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Photograph
Creator
Joanne Evans
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Bois Cheri Blue Mauritius Tea
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Photograph
Date
2006
Creator
Helen Morgan
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BORDEAUX - Quai et Port Saint Jean 45
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Postcard
Repository
Private hands (Helen Morgan)
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BORDEAUX. - Cours du Pavé-des-Chartrons. - C. B 58
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Postcard
Repository
Private hands (Helen Morgan)
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Buyer of the World's Rarest Philatelic Piece since Ferrari
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Photograph
Date
1934
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C

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The Collecting of Entires
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Photocopy
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E

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Early postal cancellations, Mauritius
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Photograph
Publisher
Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd
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Edward B. Evans
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Photograph
Date
c. 1885
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Encore les Post-Office de Maurice
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Photograph
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Encore les Post-Office de Maurice
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Photograph
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Fred Melville's Rare Stamps
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Photograph
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Government House, Port Louis
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Postcard
Creator
Alex Rambert
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Government House, Port Louis
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Postcard
Creator
J. Grancourt et Cie
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23
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I

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In Defence of Philately
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Photocopy
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Invitation and Ball of Lady Gomm (1847), 1.25 rupee stamp
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Photograph
Date
1978
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J

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Jean-Baptiste Moens
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Photograph
Date
c. 1893
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Joseph Barnard's grave, Port Louis, Mauritius
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Photograph
Date
2003
Creator
Helen Morgan
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Kanai Auction
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Photograph
Date
1993
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La Bourse aux Timbres vers 1860, dans le Jardin des Tuileries
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Photograph
Publisher
Yvert & Cie
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La Petite Bourse des Timbres aux Champs-Élysées
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Photocopy
Publisher
Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères
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Lady Gomm's ball
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Lithograph
Date
1847
Creator
G. V. Nash
Publisher
David Feldman SA
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Lallier, Mauritius page
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Photocopy
Publisher
A. Lenègre
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A Lay of the Blue Mauritius
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Photograph
Details
Title
Le port; Vue générale BORDEAUX 24
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Postcard
Repository
Private hands (Helen Morgan)
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Les Timbres "Post-Office" de Maurice
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Photograph
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Les Timbres les Plus Rares du Monde, Post Office Maurice, 1 penny et 2 pence
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Photograph
Date
1903
Publisher
Théophile Lemaire
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M. Theophile Lemaire
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Photograph
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Madame Borchard
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Photograph
Publisher
David Feldman SA
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Masuto Investigates
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Photograph
Publisher
ibooks
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Mauritius page in Booty
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Photograph
Publisher
H. & C. Treacher
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Mauritius, Port Louis, Chausee Street (before the fire)
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Postcard
Creator
A. Appavou
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71
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Mico in front of the site of the old Post Office, Place d'Armes, Port Louis
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Photograph
Date
2003
Creator
Helen Morgan
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Miss Griffin's Chain Letter
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Photocopy
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Missent to Mauritius
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Photograph
Date
2003
Creator
Joanne Evans
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Mr W. H. Peckitt
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Photocopy
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[On French philately and stamp collecting]
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Photocopy
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Orange Waffle and the Blue Mauritius
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Photograph
Date
2006
Creator
Helen Morgan
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The original case containing two Post Office Mauritius and other rare stamps stolen from the Berlin Postal Museum
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Photograph
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The Original Copper Plate from which the "Post Office" Plates were Printed
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Photograph
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Pecuniary Interests in Collecting
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Photocopy
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Perron Reprints (Possibly)
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Photograph
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A Pessimist on Philately
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Photocopy
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Philipp La Rénotière von Ferrary
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Photograph
Date
c. 1889
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Place d'Armes, Port Louis
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Postcard
Creator
Editions des Magasins Réunis
Control
42
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Place d'Armes, Port Louis, after 1860
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Photograph
Publisher
W. H. & L. Collingridge
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Port Louis, Mauritius Postal Museum
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Photograph
Date
2003
Creator
Joanne Evans
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Post Office 100th anniversary stamp
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Photograph
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Post Office 150th anniversary stamps
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Photograph
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Q

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Quai des Chartrons, 26-27
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Photograph
Date
2003
Creator
Helen Morgan
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R

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Recensement, Cours du Pavé des Chartrons, Bordeaux
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Photocopy
Repository
Archives Municipales de Bordeaux
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Reminiscences of a Philatelist
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Photocopy
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Review, Michael Harrison, Post Office Mauritius 1847: The Tale of Two Stamps, London, Stamp Collecting Ltd, 1947, 52p, ill.
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Photograph
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Rowland Hill with One Penny Post Office, 5 rupee stamp
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Photograph
Date
1979
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Ruisseau du Pouce (Pouce stream), Port Louis, Mauritius.
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Postcard
Creator
Gentil
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Some Big "Finds" of Rare Stamps
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Photocopy
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Some Wider Aspects of Philately
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Photograph
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Stamp Collecting and "The New English Dictionary"
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Photocopy
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T

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Thomas Keay Tapling
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Photograph
Date
c. 1887
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U

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U.S. Male
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Photograph
Date
2005
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W

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We have no "Post Office" Mauritius
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Photocopy
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Title
When Does a Stamp Lover Become a Stamp?
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Photograph
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