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2d Used; on piece of the original envelope, addressed to "Monsieur H. Cauten, Avocat au Port Louis" The stamp is cancelled with PAID in a rectangle and is repaired at the foot

• 1847 Used on a letter to H.Caunten
• 1887 H.Adam obtained the piece from H.Cauten¹
• 1887 A.Rae bought the piece for Rs 300 (£23)²
• 1889 Ch.Roussin bought Rae's collection for Fr.12,500 (£500)¹
• 1889 November 20 Perissin bought No 19 for for Fr.4,000 (£160)²
• 1890 May Offered for sale by Whitfield King & Co at the London Philatelic Exhibition for £200 but was unsold³
• 1890 June 10 Dorsan Astrue bought No 19 from Perissin for Fr.3,500 (£140)²
• 1890 July 5 P.Mirabaud bought No 19 for Fr.3,750 (£150)²
•  ? date G.H Worthington bought No 194
• 1917 Alfred F.Lichtenstein bought part of Worthington's collection including the Mauritius portion5
• 1947 Mrs. John Denny Dale inherited the Lichtenstein collection on the death of her father Alfred F.Lichtenstein
• 1968 October 21 Auction: H.R Harmer Inc Dale Collection Lot 2 $27,000 (£11,250) Bought by the Raymond H.Weill Co
• 1970 No 19 was acquired privately by Hiroyuki Kanai from H.R Harmer Inc6
• 1982 (?) The stamp changed hands once again being acquired by a

European collector 1Le Timbre Poste (Moens) vol 38 p 342 2 Les Timbre-Poste (Moens) vol 37 p 89 3 Photograph of the Rarest Stamp Known by Whitfield King & Co 1890 4 Les Timbres-Poste de l'lle Maurice by G.Brunel 1928 p 25 5 Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly vol 23 p 197 6 T.L.S.,H.K to L.N.W 20 February 1978