Mauritius King George V 1c & 2c Stamps on Cover to Réunion

Mauritius · 1911 · 1c & 2c

This is a postal cover sent from Mauritius to Saint-Denis, Réunion in 1911. It is franked with two definitive stamps from the King George V series: a 1 cent carmine and a 2 cents grey-green. The stamps feature the classic profile portrait of the monarch, and the cover includes clear postmarks from Port Louis, Mauritius, and a receiving mark from Saint-Denis.

This cover represents routine mail between two neighboring Indian Ocean islands, both important colonial outposts at the time. The use of King George V definitives, issued shortly after his ascension to the throne in 1910, marks the beginning of a new philatelic era for the British Empire.