British Mauritius postage stamp year 1893 – 1 Cent bluish violet SG 101
📮 Mauritius Queen Victoria 1893 — 1 Cent (Bluish Violet)
This stamp is a late-19th-century Queen Victoria definitive issue produced for the British Colony of Mauritius. It represents a low-value denomination used for basic postal rates following currency and rate changes in the 1890s.
- Country: Mauritius (under British administration)
- Monarch: Queen Victoria
- Year of Issue: **1893 **(issued within the 1890s Victoria definitive period)
- Denomination: 1 Cent
- Colour/Appearance: Typically described in catalogues as pale or bluish violet / violet shade for this value
- Catalogue Reference: Stanley Gibbons SG 101 for the standard 1 c pale violet issue in the 1893 definitive series
- Watermark: Crown & CA (Crown Agents), which was standard for Mauritius stamps in this period
- Usage: A regular definitive postage stamp used for standard letters/packages requiring the 1 cent rate.
📌 Note: Some Mauritius stamps from this era were also surcharged (e.g., “1 c on 2 c”) due to postal rate adjustments, but the plain 1 Cent violet type SG 101 is the base definitive rather than an overprint.
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