Mauritius Island is very famous for
two stamps, the 1847 blue two pence stamp and the 1847 red
one penny stamps. These two stamps form part of the two
rarest stamps of the world.
In September 1847, Mauritius made part of the history, as it
was the fifth country in the world to issue postage stamps.
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A lot of people may not know where Mauritius is located but
know about Blue Mauritius for the blue stamp.
Mauritius is of course very proud being one of the first
countries to deliver postage stamps.
There were 1000 stamps of both Blue Stamps and Red Stamps
produced.
These two stamps are very valuable ones and of course, all
philatelists of the world want to have one of them. Some
have been sold in auction for a very very high price.
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The last stamps of the first issue are some in the hands of
private collectors but can be seen in the British Library in
London where you can also see the envelope of the invitation
to the Governor’s ball at the period the stamp was issued,
where the stamp is on.
In the Museum for communication in Berlin, capital city of
Germany, the two stamps can also be seen.
There have been a lot of books which have been written about
the two famous stamps produced in the tiny Mauritius. One
book “Blue Mauritius” written by Helen Morgan was released
in 2006. In this book you will get a lot details about the
stamps and the book has been written after a lot of
research.
