cover 1841-48, two wrappers sent to Bordeaux (via London) and London bearing fair to good strikes of the double-circle "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" datestamp, the first is struck in red, carried on the "Leith" and bears a fine strike of unframed "COVE/SHIP LETTER" with the appropriate rate and transit marks plus an array of backstamps with Ireland and London; the second sent "by Overland" is struck in black | Christie's

Lot 561

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cover 1841-48, two wrappers sent to Bordeaux (via London) and London bearing fair to good strikes of the double-circle "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" datestamp, the first is struck in red, carried on the "Leith" and bears a fine strike of unframed "COVE/SHIP LETTER" with the appropriate rate and transit marks plus an array of backstamps with Ireland and London; the second sent "by Overland" is struck in black

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cover 1841-48, two wrappers sent to Bordeaux (via London) and London bearing fair to good strikes of the double-circle "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" datestamp, the first is struck in red, carried on the "Leith" and bears a fine strike of unframed "COVE/SHIP LETTER" with the appropriate rate and transit marks plus an array of backstamps with Ireland and London; the second sent "by Overland" is struck in black

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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.