£190
BRISTOL + COWES INDIA LETTERS EX "H.M.S. UNDAUNTED" (AT MAURITIUS?) OR MADRAS; c.July 1832 EL (filing crease affects address & LH edge of I.L. frame slightly) from "H.M.S. Undaunted" to GB "P. Maria Louisa" with partly fine rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/BRISTOL" on the front (the ship was helping to quell a French insurrection in Mauritius in June 1832, and this letter reached England in Oct. 1832); plus 1828 EL (minor dusting) ex Madras (oval "SHIP LETTER" ds on flap) "Pr. Wellington" to GB with v. fine very scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/COWES" (left edge of frame lost with seal) charged "2/7" on delivery. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ISLE OF WIGHT, BRISTOL, SHIP LETTERS, MAURITIUS
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