£85
STAMPLESS COVER TO FRANCE "BY BRITON'S QUEEN" - VIA CEYLON + EGYPT - DISINFECTED IN MALTA: Fine 25 Mar. 1849 EL from "Port Louis" to Bordeaux with boxed "PACKET" (and faint 2-ring "MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE" cds on top flap) endorsed "by Briton's Queen. Overland Mail" and so via Ceylon (overstruck "COLOMBO/STEAMER LETTER" cds on reverse), then via Alexandria (fine British P.O. double-arcs cds across join); taken by P&O 'Oriental' to Suez and then by 'Indus' from Alex. to Malta. Also disinfected en route in Malta (fair 3-ring "PURIFIEE AU LAZARET/MALTE" on the front). [Ex Dave Tarry.]Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA, DISINFECTED MAIL, FRANCE
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