RED "COLONIES/&c.ART.12." WITH BLACK "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE"...

Hammer

£260

RED "COLONIES/&c.ART.12." WITH BLACK "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" CDS ON COVER TO FRANCE: 19 July 1843 EL (some tone spots within) from "Port Louis, Ile Maurice" to Bordeaux with clear "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" cds (somewhat doubled strike) on the front along with very fine red boxed "COLONIES/&c.ART.12." accountancy mark, m/s "20" decimes charge & Boulogne entry (with French & British backstamps). Cross Reference: FRANCE