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Post Office Mauritius (15), one penny, used (XV) (1847)
Gallery
- From
- 1847
- To
- 1847
- Functions
- Cover and Stamp
- Alternative Names
- Marquay envelope
- Location
- Tapling Collection, British Library, London
- Summary
1d. Used. The stamp is cancelled with a large double-lined circular postmark reading MAURITIUS POST OFFICE, dated 21 September 1847. In addition, the cover bears a PENNY POST mark in a rectangle.
Details
Events
- 1847
- Used on an envelope, which probably contained an entry card to Lady Gomm’s ball, addressed to Monsieur Alcide Marquay.
- 1876
- Bought by Edouard Buger for Fr.75 (£3).
- 1878
- Major Evans bought Buger’s collection, while in Mauritius, for Fr.250 (£10).
- 1884
- Thomas Keay Tapling bought Evans’s collection, the value of the envelope reckoned at £75.
- 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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Bibliography
Books
- Williams, L. N., Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol. 1 of 2, David Feldman, Geneva, 1993. [ Details... ]
- Williams, L. N., Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol. 2 of 2, David Feldman, Geneva, 1997. [ Details... ]
Journal Articles
- 'Mauritius Post Office', Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 2, 29 February 1904, pp. 21-25. [ Details... ]
- Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 438, June 1899, pp. 87-93. [ Details... ]
Journal Notes
- 'Encore les Post Office de Maurice', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 75, May 1900. [ Details... ]
Created: 14 March 2006, Last modified: 21 August 2006