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File:1847 Mauritius One Penny "Post Office" Ball Cover.jpg

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English: The famed Mauritius Ball cover franked with the red One Penny "Post Office" stamp is one of just three known and the only one privatly owned. It was hammered down 26 June 26 2021 by the German philatelic auction house of Christoph Gaertner for €8.1 million. With the buyer’s premium of 23.8 percent, that works out to $11.94 million at current exchange rates.
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Source The cover is linked on this webpage (Published by Linns Stamp News 30 June 2021)
Author engraved by Joseph Osmond Barnard

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