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Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4502

MAURITIUS
Postal History
Instructional Markings
1850 (16 Nov.) entire letter from Port Louis to Bordeaux, marked "p. packet via Ceylon & Marseilles", showing fine "packet letter/mauritius" double-lined oval d.s. (Type SL5; earliest recorded date) and straight-line "Foreign Letter" (Type I4; earliest recorded date), both in red, handstruck "10" (decimes) and, on reverse, arrival datestamp (16.2.51). Photo

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