Great Britain and British Commonwealth Prestamp Postal History
Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51544
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1843 (Sep 29) Wrapper endorsed at top left 'Post Office/Port Victoria, Mahé', routed through to Réunion with St Denis Ile Bourbon 30 Oct cds, Nantes transit and St Malo arrival bs, from the correspondence of Auguste Duschesne of Seychelles to his notary in France, fine and rare (Image)
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Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51545
Symbol: F
1846 (Mar 24) Entire with first sheet only with Seychelles manuscript notation on front bottom left, addressed to London, routed via St Denis/Ile Bourbon with cds on obverse, PP in circle alongside, Post Office Mauritius cds and s/l SHIP LETTER on reverse, ex Reverend de La Fontaine correspondence. (Image)
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Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51546
Symbol: F
1854 (16 June) Single rate entire from Mahé to Rome, prepaid 1s to Alexandria. The letter was carried to Mauritius, red oval PACKET LETTER/MAURITIUS struck to confirm carriage by a P&O British packet to Suez, from there placed on P&O steamer 'Vectis', disembarked on Sept 16 at Marseille where 'INDES OR / MARSEILLE' ds applied, disembarked on Sept 19 on packet 'Bosphore', disembarked at Civitavecchia on Sept 22, 52 bajocchia charged on arrival.
Letter contains a long correspondence from a Papal Emissary during his tour of the Indian Ocean, reporting on the state of competition between the Papal, English and French missionaries. Addressed to his Eminence, The Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred College of Propaganda Rome. (Image)