£500
Granville. 1856 (Nov 14) Entire letter from Jersey to St. Malo with 1855 4d cancelled by small "1441" lozenge with red "ILES-C / GRANVILLE" c.d.s and boxed "PD" on the front, St. Malo backstamp. A rare Boite Mobile cover from the first year of the service, prior to B.M handstamps being introduced in January 1857 when the new Anglo-French Postal Convention came into force. O.W Newport states in "Postal History of the Channel Islands" that only two 1856 Boite Mobile covers are recorded, though four covers and a piece are now known; the extensive Brian Brookes collection only contained one such 1856 cover (from St. Malo). Photo on Page 86.
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