Mauritius 1858-1859 Sitting Britannia

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Description

1858 Britannia master die proof in black on sunken card with void tablet at foot, used for Barbados, Mauritius and Trinidad issues, thought to be one of only three examples known
  • Issue Date : 27 March 1858 - 1862
  • Designed by : G. Fairman
  • Printed by : Perkins, Bacon & Co., London
  • Print Process : Engraved
  • Perforations : none
  • Watermark: none
  • Catalogue Michel N°s 9-14, Stanley Gibbons N°s 26-31.

Britannia sitting. MAURITIUS on bottom. No face value. The year 1854 (in some catalogues) is not confirmed. Earliest postmark is 27 March 1858. The B53 appeared in 1861.

Stamps

FOUR-PENCE overprint SG26
FOUR-PENCE overprint SG26, unused. Sold 360 € in 2004.
4 pence green, oval used. SG27
6 pence vermilion, unused. SG28
9 pence dull magenta, light used. SG29
Reissued as 1 d in 1862, used B53 SG29a

Colours not issued

Found in the years 1880. Michel N°s II, III & IV.