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Auction: 18046 - The Brian Brookes Collection of Martinique
Lot: 2315

French Colonies - Martinique. The Brian Brookes Collection
Franked Postal History
General French Colonies "Eagle" Issue - Incoming Mail from Guadeloupe
1866 (14 Aug.) entire letter from Pointe à Pitre to St. Pierre, bearing 10c., cut slightly into at top, and 20c., predominantly ample balanced margins, tied by c.d.s. on despatch, with Gros-Morne and St. Pierre c.d.s. on reverse. "Etablissement/Derosne & Cail/Agence/De/Guadeloupe" blue marking at top left, being a company from Paris which had an agency in Guadeloupe; it is possible that this letter was carried by its own schooner "Rapide", being endorsed at lower left "Par Goelette Rapide", and paying the 30c. rate by commercial vessel. A very rare inter-island carriage by private vessel. Roumet Certificate (2008). Maury 3, 4. Photo

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