Mauritius "Post Office" stamps

Mauritius "Post Office" Stamps
Country of production	Mauritius
Date of production	21 September 1847 (1847-09-21)[1]
Perforation	None
Depicts	Queen Victoria
Nature of rarity	First British Empire stamps produced outside Great Britain
No. in existence	27 (as of 1981)[2]
Face value	Orange red: one penny Deep blue: two pence
Estimated value	€8.1 million red on cover (last sale, 2021)[3]

The Mauritius "Post Office" stamps were issued by the British Colony Mauritius in September 1847, in two denominations: an orange-red one penny (1d) and a deep blue two pence (2d). Their name comes from the wording on the stamps reading "Post Office", which was soon changed in the next issue to "Post Paid".^[4] They are among the rarest postage stamps in the world.