;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history 1876 entire to Nantes, France with QV 4d rose, 1/- yellow pmk'd Port Louis "B53" with differing shades red ink boxed "R" (hint of black pad ink) and oval "REGISTERED/No.xx/12 OC 76/MAURITIUS" with French Maritime Suez 5 NOV 76 alongside, reverse Marseilles A Lyon 5 NOV, Paris A Rennes, and Nantes 6 NOV. £600 |
;) ;) | MAURITIUS postal history 1880 cover to France with QV 17c tied A/SP 10 80 duplex, various French markings, reverse IRELAND. FRASER & Co. cachet. £80 |
;) | CAYENNE A FORT DE FRANCE LC £14 |
;) | LIGNE C, French maritime postmark/cancel on BRITISH GUIANA stamp part dated 6 -- 83 on 24c (SG.132). £28 |
;) | FRENCH MAIL for FRANCE, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1906 with printed sender "FRED J. BANKART, SUCCESSOR TO A. PEROT & Co. DEMERARA" marked "p. French Mail" to Beaune, France with 5c pmk'd Georgetown 4 JUL 1906, alongside octagonal d/ring CAYENNE A FORT-DE-FRANCE LC dated 6 JUL 06. There are strong links between the Perot's of British Guiana and Bermuda. Covers from Demerara (1859) and Berbice (1872) are known to William H. Perot, Baltimore, son of the famous William Bennett Perot of Bermuda. Two 1833 entires from Demerara to Philadelphia have manuscript endorsement “Hamilton, Bermuda. Forwarded by Your Most Ob Servant Wm. B. Perot” whilst working as a forwarding agent during the period before he was appointed Postmaster of Bermuda by warrant dated SP 6 1836. £120 |
;) | LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LV. No.2 postmark on SEYCHELLES stamp dated 9 OCT 09 on KE7 6c (SG.61). £28 |
;) | RARE LATE RE-INTRODUCTION MARSEILLES ROUTE, Ceylon postal history 1871 cover marked "per French Steamer Via Marseilles" to London with DLR 1d blue, 1/- reddish violet pmk'd A/COLOMBO/DE 19 71 duplex with clear red London Paid 15 JA 72 arrival, reverse red Galle Paid DE 20 71 transit cds. The Franco-Prussian War saw the closure of the overland Marseilles 1/1d route to the UK with mail being switched to the Brindisi route (initially 1/4d, reduced 1/- early 1870). The surface route via Southampton stayed at 9d. After the German victory in 1871 two covers are recorded with 1/1d rate by French steamer (other OC 23 71 with 5d, 8d to Aberdeen). These short-lived late uses come just before the introduction of new currency JA 1 1872. The last Pence issue sailing via Brindisi was DE 26 71 £1000 |
;) | LA REUNION A MARSEILLE No.5 French maritime postmark on Mauritius stamp */5-10-15 on 6c (SG.186). £18 |
;) | LE HAVRE SEINE with manuscript “Samῠi” paquebot cancel on ST. LUCIA stamp arrival dated 7-6 14 on KGV 1d (SG.79). £75 |
;) | ANCHOR-IN-DOTS French maritime postmark on Jamaica stamp on QV 1/- CC wmk (SG.13), seldom seen. £120 |