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Auction: 13048 - The Robert Marion Collection of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Lot: 4603

MAURITIUS
Postal History

Maritime Mail
1849 (5 May) entire from Port Louis to Bordeaux, marked "Overland via Marseilles", variously rated, showing legible "mauritius/post office" double-ring d.s. (Type PS6; crossed by light horizontal filing crease), fine framed "packet" (Type SL2), "purifie au lazaret/malte" h.s., red Marseilles entry c.d.s. and, on reverse, "colombo/steamer letter" d.s. (4.6), Alexandria British PO transit c.d.s. (13.7) and arrival datestamp (24.7). A fine letter, full of character. Photo

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£110