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Mauritius
Supplementary information


For the main Mauritius page click here

This page contains the following information relating to the revenue stamps of Mauritius:
  • Bill of Exchange adhesives - images of all varieties including First, Second and Third of Exchange
  • Printer's archive material relating to the production of Mauritius revenue issues:
    A. Bill of Exchange
    B. Inland Revenue
    C. Insurance
    D. Internal Revenue

Bill of Exchange adhesives
Images of all varieties including First, Second and Third of Exchange



A. 1869 (March) local issue
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B. 1869 (October) De La Rue sterling issue
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C. 1878 figures and words issue
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D. 1880 value in words only
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E. 1880-c1900 new colours and values
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F. 1904 Arms issue, value in seriffed font
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G. 1904 Arms issue, value in sans-serif font
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Printer's archive material
Relating to the production of Mauritius revenue issues

Please note: many of the images in this section are taken from the websites of Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions and Christoph Gaertner auctions.





A. Bill of Exchange



   AA4. Master die proof of head plate in black on glazed
     paper, countersunk on card
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AA4
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AA6/7
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AA8/9
   AA6. Master die proof of head plate in green for pence values
   AA7. Master die proof of head plate in brown for shilling values
   AA8. Master die proof of head plate in green for pence values, overprinted SPECIMEN
   AA9. Master die proof of head plate in brown for shilling values, overprinted SPECIMEN



 
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AA11
   AA11. 5 rupees triplet essay with value in words, curved inscription to fit above and below
     Queen's portrait, with annotation to indicate that the words OF EXCHANGE and value
     were to be engraved on the die, with FIRST / SECOND / THIRD added as necessary

Note: although this essay has been listed as belonging to Mauritius, it seems to me more likely that it was for Ceylon since it resembles the issued stamps of that Colony and the denomination of 5 rupees was not used in Mauritius.  The Bill of Exchange stamps of Mauritius have the value shown below the Queen's portrait, in a type of which no essay has so far been recorded.


 
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AA31
Decimal issue (value in words only) imperf plate proofs in issued colours, triplet with First / Second / Third of Exchange

   AA31. 8r35c brown and blue


 

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AA41
   AA41. 1878 Requisition book entry for new values 35c, 40c and 1r25c, bearing three triplet
     strips of 5c (B41) with two bars cancelling original value, and sheet quantities and colours
     marked alongside - 35c blue (150 sheets), 40c pink (200 sheets), 1r25c lilac (75 sheets),
     annotated at foot "Each Sheet to be perforated, and to contain 30 Sets (1, 2 + 3)"



 

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AA51
   AA51. De La Rue Appendix archive sheet for Req 89/1901 dated 25th Sept 1901, bearing
     three colour trials inscribed First of Exchange Ten Cents, in deep blue (approved for 10c),
     buff (approved for 65c) and orange (not approved)

B. Inland Revenue

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AB1
   AB1. Handpainted essay for new key type bearing portrait of Queen Victoria and
            inscribed INLAND REVENUE at sides, value 4 cents, dated 7th January 1889,
            labelled B at top

C. Insurance

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AC5
   AC5. 1878 Requisition book entry (Req 4413) for 2r60c on 5s, identical to issued stamp
     (I37), with sheet quantity (80 sheets) marked alongside


 

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AC11/19
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AC11/19 on complete De La Rue Appendix sheet
Perforated colour trials, printed using existing Internal Revenue head plate and new 13 cents duty plate incorporating the word INSURANCE

   AC11. 13c purple and black (for 13c)
   AC12. 13c purple and blue (for 26c)
   AC13. 13c purple and green (for 39c)
   AC14. 13c purple and carmine (for 52c)
   AC15. 13c green and black (for 1r56c)
   AC16. 13c green and mauve (for 2r8c)
   AC17. 13c green and blue (for 2r60c)
   AC18. 13c green and green (for 5r20c)
   AC19. 13c green and carmine (for 10r40c)

Notes:
1. The above trials are known both as loose stamps (sold in the Christopher Gaertner auction of February 2009) and as a complete set stuck down on Appendix sheet as presented by De La Rue, each value having a different colour combination.  Each trial on the Appendix sheet is initialled, which suggests approval, but these colours were not in fact used for the issued stamps.
2. A similar set but including all the different values in issued colours was also offered in the Gaertner 2009 sale, described as trials on unwatermarked gummed paper.  However in my view it seems just as likely that they were issued mint stamps with faint watermark.

D. Internal Revenue
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AD1
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AD2
   AD1. Stamp-size composite essay on white
     glazed card, with Queen's head printed in
     lilac, frame and lettering hand-painted in
     deep violet, other parts of design in pencil

   AD2. Master die proof of head plate in black
     on glazed paper, mounted on card, dated
     26th April 1869

   AD5. Master die proofs for duty plates on
     glazed paper, mounted on card, dated 26th
     April (1s, 2s), 29th April (3s, 4s), 3rd May
     (2d, 3d, 4d, 6d), 5th May (8d, 5s, 10s, £1)

   AD6. Master die proof for 1d duty on glazed

     paper, mounted on card, dated Nov 4th
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AD6
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AD5


 
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AD16 and AD21
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AD43
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AD63
Imperf plate proofs in issued colours, probably from the printer's imprimatur sheets
   AD16. 8d bright blue and blue
   AD21. 5s brown and purple

Imperf plate proofs in issued colours, handstamped SPECIMEN
   AD43. £1 reddish lilac and brown

Decimal issue (value in words only) imperf plate proofs in issued colours
   AD63. 25c bright blue and blue



 
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AD71/75 on De La Rue Appendix sheet
Perforated colour trials, printed using existing Internal Revenue head plate with 5 cents duty plate in different colours as recommended for various values

   AD71. 5c purple and black (for 5c)
   AD72. 5c purple and mauve (for 15c)
   AD73. 5c purple and blue (for 25c)
   AD74. 5c purple and green (for 50c)
   AD75. 5c purple and carmine (for 75c)

Note: the above trials are currently known only as a complete set stuck down on Appendix sheet as presented by De La Rue.  Each trial on the Appendix sheet is initialled, which suggests approval, but these colours were not in fact used for the issued stamps.


 
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AD81
   AD81. 1896 piece from De La Rue specimen sheet dated 17th June 1896, bearing two
     colour trials inscribed Internal Revenue Fifty Cents, in olive-yellow (for 50c) and deep
     violet (for 2r50c), annotated 'Delivery to your Inspector in 7 weeks' and 'Noted'



 
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AD86
   AD86. 1898 De La Rue Appendix sheet for Req 85/98 dated Oct 21st 1898, bearing fifteen
     colour trials inscribed Internal Revenue One Rupee, with head plates in olive-yellow,
     sage-green, sepia, brick-red and blue-green and duty plates in blue, carmine and green

Note: none of the trials on this sheet is marked as approved, though the olive-yellow and blue combination was used for the new 3 rupee value in 1899
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   AD91. Master die proof for THREE RUPEES duty on
     glazed paper, mounted on card, endorsed 'Nov 17 -
     60 leads' and dated (presumably for approval) 'Jan
     14th 99'



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