Front:
POST OFFICE
POSTAC
32
mer
MAURITIUS
XONE PENNYO
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.
Back:
PRINTED MATTER
Dear Doctor:
The "Post Office N
Mauritius" is indeeds
one of the classic stamps
LARATIUS
of
all time. Another
"Classic" well-known to
this tiny island is
a drug
PENTOTHAL a
of choice the world
over. More than 25
years of continuous
and increasing
have made it nearly
use
synonymous
intravenous with
PORT
LOUIS
anesthesia.
Abbott
PENTOTHAL (Thiopental, Abbott)-
20
LABOURDONNAIS STATUE
DR. EMERSON C. SAVAGE
VAUCLAIN HOME, N.FRONT
SAN DIEGO 3, CALIF.
KUD
MAURITIUS
