BLUE PORT LOUIS "6d/TO PAY" MARKS ON MAIL FROM MALTA OR C.G....

Hammer

£200

BLUE PORT LOUIS "6d/TO PAY" MARKS ON MAIL FROM MALTA OR C.G.H. (+"1/6" ON STAMP-REMOVED COVER); 21 Nov. 1866 & 27 May 1869 pair of envs. to Port Louis (the first to the Governor) ex Malta (rare thus) or ex Cape of Good Hope (King William's Town) with GB 4d Vermilion (faults) or CGH 4d on 6d (2) tied by duplex or numerals; each with a fair or very fine blue Port Louis "6d/TO PAY" Postage Due mark - with short gap between "d" and underline. Plus 30 June 1864 pair of large part fronts ex CGH (6d or 1d tied by Cape Town duplexes; latter presumably with stamps removed) by the same ship to Port Louis having mainly fine blue Port Louis "6d/TO PAY" Postage Due marks) the 2 types - with short or long gap between "d" and underline. Also a 10 Feb. 1871 EL (stamp cut away) from Melbourne to P. Louis with v. fine rare blue "1/6" due mark. Rare group. (5 items) Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MALTA, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS