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Mauritius, Post Office Stamps (1847)

From

1847

To

1847

Functions

Stamp

Related Subjects

Related Concepts

• Post Office Mauritius, Fiction

Related Cultural Artefacts

• Mauritius, Post Office Plate

Related Events

• The Ball (30 September 1847)

Related People

• Barnard, Joseph Osmond (1816 - 1865)

Related Places

• Bordeaux
• India
• Mauritius

Related Stamps

• Post Office Mauritius (01/02), one penny, used (I) + two pence, used (II) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (03), two pence, unused (III) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (04), one penny, used (IV) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (05), two pence, used (V) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (06), two pence, unused (VI) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (07), one penny, used (VII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (08), one penny, unused (VIII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (09), two pence, used (IX) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (10), one penny, unused (X) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (11), one penny, used (XI) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (12), two pence, used (XII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (13), two pence, used (XIII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (14), two pence, unused (XIV) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (15), one penny, used (XV) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (16), one penny, used (XVI) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (17), one penny, used (XVII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (18/19), one penny, used (XVIII) + one penny, used (XIX) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (20), one penny, used (XX) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (21/22), one penny, used (XXI) + two pence, used (XXII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (23), two pence, used (XXIII) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (24), two pence, unused (XXIV) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (25), two pence, used (XXV) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (26), one penny, used (XXVI) (1847)
• Post Office Mauritius (27), one penny, used (XXVII or Limbo I) (1847)

Bibliography

Books

• The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of the British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates in Africa, The Philatelic Society, London, London, 1900. [ Details... ]
• de Pitray, Alfred S., The "Post Office Mauritius" and its Legend, Editions de l'Océan Indien, Mauritius, completed 1975, published 1990. [ Details... ]
• Harrison, Michael, Post Office Mauritius 1847: The Tale of Two Stamps, Stamp Collecting Ltd, London, c.1947. [ Details... ]
• Morgan, Helen, Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps, Atlantic Books, London, 2006. [ Details... ]
• Rothschild, Henri de, Les Timbres-Poste et Leurs Amis, Théodore Champion, Paris, 1938. [ Details... ]

Exhibition Brochures

• 'Sonderausstellung Mythos Mauritius', Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation, Bonn, c.2000. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• 'The Native Mauritius Stamps', The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, vol. 3, 1 April 1865, p. 56. [ Details... ]
• 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 70, December 1899, pp. 723-25. [ Details... ]
• 'A Travers la Presse - Toujours les "Post Office" de Maurice', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 79, October 1900, pp. 1000-02. [ Details... ]
• 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 71, January 1900, pp. 763-66. [ Details... ]
• 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 72, February 1900, pp. 798-803. [ Details... ]
• 'Mauritius Post Office', Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 2, 29 February 1904, pp. 21-25. [ Details... ]
• Anonymous, 'Les Timbres "Post-Office" de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 35, November 1865, pp. 87-88. [ Details... ]
• Anonymous, 'Des timbres de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 29, May 1865, pp. 34-39. [ Details... ]
• Evans, E. B., 'The Stamps of Mauritius', The Philatelic Record, vol. 2, no. 14, March 1880, pp. 17-20. [ Details... ]
• Evans, E. B., 'The Stamps of Mauritius', The Philatelic Record, vol. 2, no. 13, February 1880, pp. 6-8. [ Details... ]
• Herpin, G., 'Des Timbres de l'Ile Maurice', Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, no. 9, 15 March 1865, pp. 50-55. [ Details... ]
• J. P., 'Les Timbres "Post-Office" de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 89, May 1870, pp. 38-39. [ Details... ]
• Legrand, J. A. (Dr Magnus), 'Réponse à M. J. P.', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 89, May 1870, pp. 39-40. [ Details... ]
• Legrand, J. A. (Dr Magnus), 'Les Timbres Post Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 85, January 1870, pp. 5-8. [ Details... ]
• Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 441, September 1899, pp. 141-42. [ Details... ]
• Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 438, June 1899, pp. 87-93. [ Details... ]
• Mosely, Edward, 'Combing an Island for Postal Treasures', Stamp Collecting, vol. 40, no. 16, 15 July 1933, pp. 410, 413-15. [ Details... ]
• Phillips, Charles J., 'The Pedigree of Rare Stamps', Collectors Club Philatelist, vol. 18, no. 4, 1939, pp. 263-73. [ Details... ]
• Pope, T. A., 'A Chat on Mauritius and its Stamps', British Guiana Philatelic Journal, vol. 1, December 1906, pp. 5-6. [ Details... ]

Journal Notes

• '[Puisque nous parlons de Maurice, dison un mot de ce prétendu timbre…]', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 34, July 1865, p. 50. [ Details... ]
• 'Sur Quelques Timbres de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 171, March 1877, p. 24. [ Details... ]
• '[A recent number of the Figaro states that four Mauritius stamps of the first issue have just been found]', The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, vol. 6, no. 62, 10 February 1896, pp. 25-26. [ Details... ]
• 'The Post-Office Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 5, no. 52, April 1896, p. 127. [ Details... ]
• 'A Pretty Philatelic Fairy Tale', Stamp Collectors' Fortnighly, 18 April 1896, p. 171. [ Details... ]
• 'The "Post Office" Mauritius: Its History', Stamp Collectors' Fortnighly, 4 September 1897, p. 250. [ Details... ]
• 'The Post Office Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 6, no. 71, November 1897, pp. 325-26. [ Details... ]
• 'All About the "Post Office" Mauritius', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, 29 October 1898, p. 23. [ Details... ]
• 'Mr. Peckitt's Thousand-pounder', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, 23 July 1898, p. 195. [ Details... ]
• 'Encore deux!', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 429, September 1898, pp. 138-39. [ Details... ]
• 'Two More "Post Office" Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 7, no. 82, October 1898, pp. 269-70. [ Details... ]
• 'Over £1,000 for One Stamp: Mr. Peckitt pays big money for the penny "Post Office" Mauritius', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, 9 July 1898, p. 191. [ Details... ]
• 'Another "Post Office" Mauritius', London Philatelist, vol. 7, no. 78, June 1898, pp. 168-69. [ Details... ]
• 'More "Post Office" Mauritius', The Philatelic Record, no. 20, December 1898, p. 272. [ Details... ]
• 'Another Find of "Post Office" Mauritius', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, 15 October 1898, p. 10. [ Details... ]
• 'Yet Another "Post Office"', London Philatelist, vol. 8, no. 44, October 1899, p. 267. [ Details... ]
• '[In the Timbre-poste for June is an interesting history]', Alfred Smith and Son's Monthly Circular, no. 295, July 1899. [ Details... ]
• 'Post Office Mauritius by the Score', London Philatelist, vol. 8, no. 92, August 1899, pp. 208-09. [ Details... ]
• 'Corresponding Rarities', London Philatelist, vol. 8, no. 92, August 1899, p. 210. [ Details... ]
• 'Philately in the Mags - The "Post Office" Mauritius', The Philatelic Record, vol. 21, no. 11, November 1899, p. 203. [ Details... ]
• 'The Rarest Stamps', Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, 10 February 1899, p. 20. [ Details... ]
• 'Still the Rarest Stamps', Stamps, 25 January 1900, pp. 3-4. [ Details... ]
• 'Encore les Post Office de Maurice', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 75, May 1900. [ Details... ]
• 'Mauritius Post Office', Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung, vol. 15, no. 3, 24 March 1904, p. 45. [ Details... ]
• 'Hypnotism and the Blue Mauritius', The Philatelic Magazine, April 1921. [ Details... ]

Letter to the Editors

• Philbrick, F. A., 'A M. Le Rédacteur du Timbre-Poste', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 92, August 1870, p. 64. [ Details... ]
• Williams, L. N. and M., 'Pedigree of Rare Stamps', Collectors Club Philatelist, vol. 19, no. 3, July 1940, pp. 238-39. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

• Evans, E. B., 'Mauritius Postage Stamps', The Mercantile Record and Commercial Gazette, 30 August 1878, p. 2. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Notes

• 'Reported Discovery of a Rare Stamp', The Times, 16 February 1921, p. 10. [ Details... ]

Reviews

• 'Michael Harrison, Post Office Mauritius 1847: The Tale of Two Stamps, London, Stamp Collecting Ltd, 1947, 52p, ill.', Review of Harrison, Michael, Post Office Mauritius 1847: The Tale of Two Stamps (c.1947), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Ile Maurice, p. 102. [ Details... ]

See also

• Legrand, J. A. (Dr Magnus), 'Timbres de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, January 1869, pp. 5-8. [ Details... ]
• Rebeck, Theresa, Mauritius, Play performed at the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, 6 October to 12 November 2006, 2006. [ Details... ]

Images

Title

Post Office 150th anniversary stamps

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Post Office 100th anniversary stamp

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Review, Michael Harrison, Post Office Mauritius 1847: The Tale of Two Stamps, London, Stamp Collecting Ltd, 1947, 52p, ill.

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Encore les Post-Office de Maurice

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Encore les Post-Office de Maurice

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Les Timbres "Post-Office" de Maurice

Type

Photograph

Details

Title

Lady Gomm's ball

Type

Lithograph

Date

1847

Creator

G. V. Nash

Publisher

David Feldman SA

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Created: 2 April 2006, Last modified: 13 August 2006

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