£280
INDIA - FRENCH POSSESSIONS - PONDICHERRY - RARE DOUBLE FAC COVER WITH BOMBAY CACHET: 19 April 1844 EL from Batavia to Bordeaux twice forwarded in Pondicherry then Bombay with very rare oval "+AMALRIC & CIE+/PONDICHERRY" (fine - "5" in Rowe, scarce) & oval "RITCHIE STEUART&Co/RECEIVED___/FORWARDED____/BOMBAY" (struck on join - "3" in Rowe) FACs both with ms ship's name (?) or date in centre. 18 Nov. 1839 from Pondicherry to Bordeaux with Thos. Jeffries & Co. oval FAC (struck on join, poor-fair - "3" in Rowe) plus red oval "INDIA" & rectangle "PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDETERRANER". (2 covers) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, INDIA, NETHERLANDS COLONIES
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