Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
December 8 & 9, 2025 | 227
51006
R / 226
1911 Sherwin reprints made after the plates were presented to the Royal Philatelic Society, London,
and defaced, including 1d (unissued) and 2d sheets of 12 in black, each mounted on sunken card, in
superb condition, plus reprints from the back of the original plates printed also in black, with reverse
of One Penny Plate showing advertisement in French of Hotel d’Europe in Port Louis, and the back of
Two Pence Plate, with similar text in English but part of the frame missing as in the original plate, both
on sunken cards, some minor foxing on the latter two, only 20 sets were made (see copy of the article
relating to this on this lot on our website) but likely only 17 complete sets available to collectors,
ideal for the specialist and for plating the stamps.
1’500 - 2’000
1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44)
51007
51008
51007
H
S.G. 41a
1859 Dardenne 1d red, just shaved at top right otherwise clear margins, good strike of the void barred
oval cancel, slight thins, a presentable example of a scarce stamp (S.G. £2’250).
150 - 200
51008
H
S.G. 42
1859 1d dull vermilion with large to huge margins, neatly cancelled by void barred oval, a particularly
fine example; cert. Behr (2016) (S.G. £1’800).
800 - 1’200
51009
F
S.G. 42
1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion pair used on internal cover from Port Louis to the 5th Fusiliers at
Mahébourg, cancelled light black targets, GPO MAURITIUS despatch of FE 14 1860 on flap, framed
Mahébourg arrival 18 FE 1860 on face, clear to enormous margins. A most attractive use. The Dardenne
1 penny is a very rare stamp on cover.
We only record three covers exclusively franked by a 1d Dardenne pair, two are rare inland covers
and the Kanai printed matter franking which we sold in 1993 for 28.000 CHF (estimated at 50.000
USD in the D.F pricing guide). The cover for sale here is by far the finest of all three.
Expertise: Cert. BPA
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein 1968: “lovely pair”
24’000 - 34’000