Auction Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ MAURICIO. 1790 (September 18). ISLE DE FRANCE to BORDEAUX. Entire letter with COL. PAR/L'ORIENT entry mark (Salles nº 7). On back manuscript "Par la fregate Duroy Lereymphe, Commandée par M. Defournoie" and rated "18" decimes.

✉ MAURICIO. 1791 (August 14). PORT LOUIS. ISLE DE FRANCE to BORDEAUX. Entire letter with COL. PAR/BREST entry mark (Salles nº 5), rated "20" decimes.

✉ MAURICIO. 1802 (November 21). PORT N. E. ISLE DE FRANCE to BORDEAUX. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/L'ORIENT entry mark (salles 58), rated "9" decimes.

✉ MAURICIO. 1808 (September 8). PORT NAPOLEON. ILE DE FRANCE to RENNES. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/BORDEAUX entry mark (Salles 68) rated "8" decimes. PORT NAPOLEON is the name of Port Louis during the Napoleonic Wars.

✉ MAURICIO. 1816 (March 24). ISLE MAURICE to LA ROCHELLE. Entire letter with oval PORT.LOUIS/POST. PAID and red COLONIES/PAR LE HAVRE entry mark (Salles 43). On reverse endorsed "Par le Vaisseau la Suzanne Amelie, Capne Rondeau pour Bordeaux".

✉ MAURICIO. 1816 (June 22). PORT LOUIS to BORDEAUX. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/ROCHEFORT entry mark (salles 17). On reverse endorsed "Par le Nve. La Vestale de Bordeaux, Capine Duvielle q.d.c.". Rated "S".

✉ MAURICIO. 1816 (Janvier 24). ILE MAURICE to PLOERMEL. Entire letter with 34/ST. MALO entry mark. On reverse "Achemineé pour Louis Blaize & fils de St. Malo".

✉ MAURICIO. 1817 (March 22). SAVANNE. ILE MAURICE to VILLEFRANCE. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/ROCHEFORT entry mark (salles 67), rated "28" decimes. Very rare origin.

✉ MAURICIO. 1817 (December 28). SAVANNE. ILE MAURICE to DIEPPE. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/ST. MALO entry mark (salles 52), rated "14". Very rare origin.

✉ MAURICIO. 1817 (July 6). PORT LOUIS to BORDEAUX. Entire letter transported privately to France were it was deposited to the Post Office. 32/BORDEAUX and PETITE POSTE/BORDEAUX mark, rated only "1" for internal delivery. An interesting cover.

✉ MAURICIO. 1820 (Sept. 15). PORT LOUIS to NANTES. Entire letter with oval POST.PAID PORT LOUIS and COL. PAR/AURAY entry mark. Endorsed "pr. Le Fils de France" and rated "S". RARE.

✉ MAURICIO. 1823 (Janvier 12). SAVANNE. ILE MAURICE to VILLEFRANCHE. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/CHERBOURG entry mark (salles 50), endorsed "Par le Grand Navigateur" and rated "11" decimes. Very rare origin.

✉ MAURICIO. 1823. PORT LOUIS to VILLAFRANCE. Entire letter with COLONIES PAR/BREST entry mark, rated "21" decimes.

✉ MAURICIO. 1825. PORT LOUIS to PARÍS. Entire letter, endorsed "Par le Courier du Golfe". COLONIES PAR/PAIMBOEUF entry mark, rated "8" decimes. Rare overland route via Persian Gulf and Irak.

✉ MAURICIO. 1830. PORT LOUIS to BORDEAUX. Entire letter with PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR MARSEILLE y MARSEILLE cds, entry mark, rate "10" decimes. Desinfected.

✉ MAURICIO. 1834. PORT LOUIS to PARIS. Entire letter wtih AGENCE CONSULAR DE FRANCE/MAURICE on reverse. On front PAYS D'OUTREMER mark and NANTES cds. Rated "19". RARE.

✉ MAURICIO. 1836. PORT LOUIS to LONDON. Entire letter, text on the accounts of the missionaries in Madagascar. On reverse INDIA LETTER/DOVER entry mark. Rated "1/-" on arrival.

✉ MAURICIO. 1838. LIEUT WEST. "THE VALE" to LONDON. Entire letter on reverse black MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE mark and DOVER/INDIA LETTER entry mark. A rare origen.

✉ MAURICIO. 1840. PORT LOUIS to LONDON. Folded letter, endorsed "p. New Burn" oval red MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE mark and INDIA LETTER/DEAL entry mark, rated "8" d.

✉ MAURICIO. 1840. MAURITIUS to LONDON. Entire letter, on reverse red MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE and black SHIP LETTER marks. Rated "8" pence.

✉ MAURICIO. 1850. MAURITIUS to LONDON. Folded letter, endorsed "Via Suez", crowned MAURITIUS/GPO and PACKET marks, rated "2/3".

✉ MAURICIO. 1851. MAURITIUS to IRELAND. Envelope endorsed "Per Gout Packet" via Southampton, black oval PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS, rated "4" pence.

✉ MAURICIO. 1853. MAURICE to LONDON. Folded letter endorsed "Propontis, via Cape" oval PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS, rated "1/-".

✉ MAURICIO. 1855. MAURITIUS to LONDON. Folded letter, endorsed "Queen of the South, via Ceylon and Marseille" oval PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS, rated "10" pence. Ex. KANAI.

✉ MAURICIO. 1856. MAURITIUS to CALCUTTA. Envelope with contents endorsed "p. Amerique", crowned MAURITIUS/GPO and arrival CALCUTTA cancel on reverse.

✉ MAURICIO. 1856. PORT LOUIS to BOMBAY. Envelope with contents. Endorsed "p. St. Bombay" on reverse "Forwarded by Mer. Dymes Ho. 28/2/56" and MADRAS and CALCUTTA cancel.

✉ MAURICIO. 1856. MAURITIUS to LONDON. Folded letter endorsed "Carolina Read, via Ceylon and Marseille", red oval PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS, rated "1/4".

✉ MAURICIO. 1858. PORT LOUIS to LONDON. Lady's envelope, endorsed "Paid" and "4" pence. On reverse red PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS.

° MAURICIO. 1868. 1 penny vermilion early impression on thin white paper, used with concentric circles with "3" inside. Rare and attractive stamp. Cert. B.P.A. 7.500€.

✉ MAURICIO. Sg. 43 (2). 1860. MAURITIUS to FRANCE. Folded letter franked wit two 2 d. blue stamps, short margins but very fresh colour, taxed "16" decimes on arrival on back crown Mauritius cds transits and arrival. Ex. H. Toaspern collection.

✉ MAURICIO. 1861. BOMBAY to MAURITIUS. Entire letter rated "6d" showing two strikes SHIP LETTER, endorsed "pr. Alwynton". Very fine and rare in this condition.

✉ MAURICIO. 1868. MAURICE to SAIGON (Indochina). Entire letter franked with 1 d. bistre, 4 d. rose and 6 d. green tied B53. French LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. Nº 2 cds and arrival cds on reverse. Endorsed "Via Aden". Attractive tricolour franking to a rare destination.

✉ MAURICIO. 1871. MAURICE to LISBON. Folded letter franked with 9 d. dull purple and 1 sh. blue tied by B53. Oval FRANCA mark on arrival. Minor cover fault in address panel away from stamps. RARE DESTINATION.

✉ MAURICIO. Sg. 59, 62, 64. 1872. MAURITIUS to COCANADA (French India). Entire letter (in French) endorsed "P. steamer via Bombay" franked with 2 d., 4 d. and 6 d. stamps tied by B53 with red D/10 arrival on reverse. An attractive three colour franking.

✉ MAURICIO. 1875. MAURITIUS to BOMBAY. Envelope franked with four stamps of 3 d. orange by B53 cancel. On front charged "10 d" and arrival.

✉ MAURICIO. 1876. MAURICE to FRANCE. Entire letter franked with pair 1 d. brown and 6 d. green tied B53, octogonal french maritime POS. AN. V. SUEZ PAQ. F. /1MARS1 (Salles 1872). FINE.

✉ MAURICIO. 1877. MAURITIUS to FRANCE. Envelope franked with a pair of 3 p. orange stamp by B53 cancel. VERY FINE.

✉ MAURICIO. 1889. MAURITIUS to ST. PIERRE (Ile Reunion). 8 cent. grey postal stationery envelope uprated with 2 cts. green and 4 cts. (2) rose on registered cover arrival on reverse. Unusual destination.

✉ MAURICIO. 1897. MAURITIUS to RAGUSA (Croatia, Dalmatia). 8 cents. grey postal stationery envelope uprated with 8 cts. blue and 15 d. green stamps, arrival on reverse.

✉ MAURICIO. 1899. MAURITIUS to GERMANY. Envelope franked with 1 cent., 2 rs. on 5 sh., 15 cents. and 36 cts., sent registered, arrival cds on reverse. Fine and rare franking.

✉ MAURICIO. 1903. CUREPIPE locally used. Envelope franked with 4 cents. and Express Delivery 15 cts. stamp. Rare franking.

✉ MAURICIO. 1911. FOREST SIDE to ENGLAND. Espectacular franking with stamps by plate numbers on Express Registered cover, arrival on reverse.

✉ MONTSERRAT. 1912. MONTSERRAT to GERMANY. Envelope franked with Leeward 5 sh. green and blue stamp (Sg. 28), registered cover arrival cds on reverse. Rare commercial mail.

✉ NUEVA ZELANDA. 1863. AUCKLAND to OXFORD (England). Envelope franked with strip of three of 2 d. pale blue (complete margins, one sheet margin), redirected to London and the redirected to Skipton (Yorks). Superb twice forwarded cover. Ex. Hackmey. Cert. HOLCOMBE.

✉ NUEVA ZELANDA. 1879. LONDON to CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand) envelope franked with 2 d. blue and 6 d. olive on arrival ADVERTISED AND UNCLAIMED mark. One flap missing and some faults but rare and attractive cover.

✉ NUEVA ZELANDA. 1934 (July 2). WELLINGTON to AUSTRALIA via PAPUA per the aeroplane "Faith in Australia". Commemorative card with triple mixed franking NEW ZEALAND + AUSTRALIA + PAPUA. Pilots signatures on reverse.

✉ NIGERIA. 1896. OPOBO RIVER to ENGLAND. 1/2 d. (2), 1 d. and OIL RIVERS, 1/2 d. and 2 d. on registered cover, arrival cds.

✉ NIGERIA. 1898. NIGER COAST to GREAT BRITAIN. 2 pence registered postal stationary envelope uprated with 1/2 d., 1 d., 2 d., 2 1/2 d. and 1 sh. Stamps arrival on reverse.