Mauritius 1848-1859 POST PAID Barnard

Description

• Issue Dates : June 1848 - 1859
• Designed by : J. Barnard
• Printed by :
• Print Process : Engraving on copper on white or bluish paper
• Perforations : None
• Watermark: none
• Catalogue Michel N°s 3I to 4V, Stanley Gibbons N°s 3-25.

Portrait of Queen Victoria with diadem looking left. POST PAID vertical.

Stamps

There are various plates worn states. The better states (Early impressions) are very rare. Catalogues distinguish 5 states of impression.

I issue (earliest impressions)

SG N°s 3-5. Period of use: 1848-1854.

2d unused

Deep blue (SG5), cancelled 2 in circles, 1848-1849.

Cover

Cover from Port Louis via Duchesse Anne (7 September 1848) to Bordeaux with 2 pence indigo-blue. SG4.

II issue (early impressions)

SG N°s 6-9. Period of use: 1849-1854.

1d vermilion unused SG6

1d frame INLAND

1d orange-vermilion mute SG7

2d deep blue, 2 in circles, SG9

Covers

Cover with 2d + 1d for internal destination 7 September 1854. SG9&7.

Cover with 2 d for internal destination 18 August 1855. SG8.

III issue (intermediate impressions)

SG N°s 10-15. Period of use: 1854-1857.

1 penny

Bright vermilion, cancelled 2 in 2 circles Mi3III-SG10.

Bright vermilion, mute cancelled with 5 circles.

1 penny dull vermilion, cancelled 11 Moka in 2 circles SG11.

1 penny dull vermilion, cancelled 14 Rivière du Rempart (MU) in 2 circles SG11.

2 pence

File:Mauritius 1848-1859 POST PAID Barnard III bc.jpg Deep blue, SG13, 1854ca Mi4III.b

Blue, cancelled 14 in 2 circles, SG14, 1854ca.

Blue, error PENOE, SG14a, Mi4IIIby.

IV issue (worn impressions)

Some diagonal lines still distinct. SG N°s 16-22.

1 penny

1 penny red-brown, oval cancel, 1857ca SG19.

Similar (not from a print).

Frame cancel INT (not from a print).

2 pence

2 pence blue 1855-58, cancel 5 circles, SG20.

2 pence blue, error PENOE, SG20a.

V issue (very worn)

In the 1856-1859 period. SG N°s 23-25.

1 penny red, 1859 PAID cancel Mi3V.

1 penny red-brown, oval cancel 1859 SG24.

2 pence (grey) blue on bluish paper, Mi4V, unused ex Ferrari, SG25

2 pence grey-blue, cancel 5 circles, SG25.