A ‘Red Mauritius’ sells in Germany for 210 000 euros
A few weeks ago (8 May 2009) a one penny Post Office Mauritius stamp, the 27th specimen – or stamp known as ‘Limbo I’, sold in Germany for more than two hundred thousand euros. All the newspaper reporting on it I have seen is in German. If you can read German search Google on ‘Rote Mauritius’ – the Germans like to refer to these stamps by their nicknames, the German equivalent of ‘Red Mauritius’ and ‘Blue Mauritius’.
Eventually I will update the entry in my Blue Mauritius website to reflect the details, but here they are for now. There were about 100 people at the auction, which lasted only minutes (as it would). Wasn’t sure whether I could state the identity of the former owner, but I’ve seen it given in a newspaper article online, so I guess there’s no problem with that. It was Ulrich Schulze, who inherited the collection from his father, Gert Schulze.
There is an article about the stamp pre-auction, along with an excellent photograph, at:
http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/essen/2009/4/21/news-117669614/detail.html