Front:
PPOSIACEX
MONE PENNYE
The “Post Office Mauritius", issued on that island in 1847,
is among the rarest and most prized stamps in the world-
worth from $5,000 to $30,000. Printed one at a time, the
late in arriving from England, and used principally in the
mailing of invitations to a governor's ball. (Early reports
suggest that the governor's wife instigated the whole affair
... but the story has since become apocryphal). A word
mix-up (“Post Office" rather than the correct “Post Paid"
appears on the face) gives the stamp its famous title.
POST OFFICE
MAURITIUSX
Back:
PRINTED MATTER
PORT
LOWS
10-AM
26 JAN
NC
GASPILET
Si
LEAU
20
CENTSIST
O LABOURDONNAIS STATUE
MAURITIUS
Dear Doctou:
The "Post Office 1961
Mauritius" is indeederit
one of the classia stamps
of all time. Another
"Classic" well-known to
this tiny island is
PENTOTHAL - a drug
of
choice the world
over more than 25
years of continuous
and increasing use
have made it nearly
intravenous anesthesia.
Abbott
PENTOTHAL® (Thiopental, Abbott);
52 ST
28
12
239 & 79
synonymous with
