Blue Mauritius, book cover

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.

Journal Note

Title
The Press on Philately: Some of Philately's Big Prizes
In
Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly
Imprint
vol. 9, no. 227, 21 November 1903, p. 156
Abstract

The penny red and twopenny blue Mauritius of 1847 has been sold in London by public auction for £1,921 the pair.

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