GUADELOUPE 19th CENTURY SHIP MAIL; Range inc. 1832 disinfected EL to Nantes, datelined at Pointe a Pitre with framed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" h.s. on front, 1851 E to Nantes with "POINTE A PITRE/(GUADELOUPE)" cds, Calais transit cds and framed "COLONIES/&cART.13." accountancy mark on front, 1869 env. to France franked Colones Eagle 10c + 40c with a "COL.FR.PAQ.FR/3 ST NAZAIRE" Packet cds on front, 1873 env. To Bordeaux franked imperf Ceres 25c (2) tied by joint dotted lozenge, 1877 EL to Bordeaux franked 40c Ceres imperf tied by "PAQ.ANG" Pointe a Pitre cds, 1877 EL to Pointe a Pitre ex Havre with three-colour franking 30c, 25c & 15c and other related examples. (16 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, DISINFECTED MAIL (Image)

MARTINIQUE PRE-STAMP MAIL TO FRANCE: Group with 1836/40 ELs to Brest, Bordeaux or Metz with s/l "MARTINIQUE" on rear with framed "PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR LE HAVRE", framed "PAYS D'OUTREMER or "OUTRE-MER/PAUILLAC" cds or "OUTRE-MER/LE HAVRE" cds and 1855/65 ELs to Bordeaux with "ST PIERRE MARTINIQUE" or "MARTINIQUE/ST PIERRE" cds on front sent by British packets. (7 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)

TAHITI - EARLY USAGE OF THE 3rd-TYPE TAHITI MARK ON PANAMA ROUTE COVER TO FRANCE; 14 July. 1866 env. to Bordeaux with a very fine smaller 2-ring "TAHITI(OCEANIE)/*PAPEETE*" cds on the front beside a very fine French "11" charge-mark (struck in Tahiti?) with v. fine 2-ring "CORR. FR. ANGL./AMB. CALAIS E" transit cds (28 Sept.; carried by British ships - the R.M.S.P. S.S. 'Tamar' & 'Seine' - from Colon via St. Thomas to Southampton) alongside. There are also transit cds's of "PARIS A BORDEAUX 2o/D"railway TPO & Bordeaux on the reverse, beside a manuscript "5 60" rate mark. Attractive example of the third Tahiti mark which is recorded from 1865. Ex Eastgate and sold in our Sep. 2016 sale for £480 (Image)