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RED "5½d" PORT LOUIS MARK ON PAIR OF 10d-RATE COVERS TO GB "VIA MARSEILLES"; 7 Oct. 1865 env. (overall wrinkling; part of one flap lost) to Bath with 1d Brown + 9d Dull Purple tied to each other by fair or v. fine Port Louis "B53" numerals with a fine strike of the scarce red Handstruck "5½d" Accountancy Mark alongside; 1½d due to GB & 4d due to France from the 10d rate. Plus similar large part 7 Oct. 1865 E (reduced at left) to London with 4d+6d cancelled or just tied by mainly fine "B53" numerals having a fine red Handstruck "5½d" Accountancy Mark alongside. Good pair posted on the very same day. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, FRANCE
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