RED "10d" PORT LOUIS MARK ON REGISTERED 1s-3d RATE COVER TO ...

Hammer

£850

RED "10d" PORT LOUIS MARK ON REGISTERED 1s-3d RATE COVER TO PONDICHERRY "VIA BOMBAY" & ADEN; 11 Oct. 1875 E (short top flap removed and all reinforced internally) to "Pondichery" endorsed "Per Messageries Maritimes Via Bombay" but also having a mainly fine "ADEN STEAMER POINT" transit cds (25 Oct.) on the front; with 1/- Orange + 3d Red tied by a single large Port Louis "B53" numeral with a mainly very fine blue oval "REGISTERED/No./MAURITIUS" ds alongside, as well as a superb strike of the red Handstruck "10d" Accountancy Mark; 10d due to GB from the 1s-3d rate with Mauritius keeping 2d postage and the 3d fee. Rare usage of an Accountancy Mark on Registered Mail. Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, INDIA, REGISTERED MAIL, ADEN