Mauritius #1,#2 from original plate- Black - Orange Start Price USD 537.00 Current Price USD 537.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 28, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Las Vegas, Nevada See more about 'Mauritius #1,#2 from original plate- Black - Orange' Description This auction is for 2 sheetlets in perfect condition- one black sheetlet and one orange sheetlet From the original plates - Printed in France around 1900's - mint condition - no "reprint" or anything else printed on backs of sheetlet- a very Rare find. Deminsions match original plates exactly- as close as 99.99% of us will ever get to owning these extremly rare stamps- This auction is for two sheetlet -- the other single stamps are a large picture of one of the stamps in each sheetlet to see the detail in. The original copper plate was bought in 1912 by Nevile Lacy Stocken, a london Stamp Dealer, from Colonel Colnaghi, the grandson of the Governor of Mauritius during the period spanning 1847 when the PO Mauritius stamps were prepared. Colnaghi by chance found the plate in the family archives but had no idea of its significance. It was stocken that prepared the reprints, though they all supposedly had the word REPRINT printed on the backs of the stamps.This info was clearly not true.These were checked out in England against the original plates by a specialist and the indented area matches the original plate exactly. Sheetlet is in near perfect condition. Origins- single impressions of each of the two values were engraved on the back of a small copper plate, the front of which had been used for printing a lady's visiting card.The engraver was J.Barnard, a watchmaker and engraver in Port Louis, his initials are visable at the base of each stamp. The sheets are printed in intaglio and agree in every detail to the original stamps. Click here for a super large detail picture of this item to verify it is a fine engraving and not a photo copy :-) scanned at 600 dpi and enlarged 1x time so in reality the detail is much much better in person - 1 meg photo scan Important - Please Click here for detailed Auction terms and other additional info Page PLEASE NOTE I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL FOR PAYMENT_ I DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS UNLESS THEY ARE ELECTRONIC CHECKS THROUGH PAYPAL- THANKS ALSO PLEASE NOTE - I ALSO DO NOT SHIP TO AFRICA OR RUSSIA Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!