£420
OVAL "PORT.LOUIS/POST.PAID" ON COVER TO FRANCE WITH "COLONIES PAR/BORDEAUX": Fine 16 Feb. 1816 EL (in French) from "Port Louis, Isle de France" to Bordeaux endorsed "Par le Titus" with mainly fine large oval framed "PORT.LOUIS/POST.PAID" (crossed by light filing fold) on the front partly overstruck by the "COLONIES PAR/BORDEAUX" & ms charged "2" (decimes) on delivery. This PAID mark was the first marking used after the British occupation of December 1810. Cross Reference: FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES
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