£400
2nd-TYPE(?) "MAURITIUS/===/POST-OFFICE" ON COVER TO FRANCE WITH BOXED "PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR BORDEAUX": 29 Dec. 1829 EL (in French) from "Port Louis Isle Maurice" to Bordeaux "Par l'Europe" with a partly fine "MAURITIUS/===/POST-OFFICE" on the front (filing crease; very similar to the unrecorded? mark of the previous two lots) along with a very fine boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR BORDEAUX" (with matching 24 Apr. 1830 cds on the flap) charged "2" decimes on delivery. The contents concern the recent death of "Madame Kebalanec [?]" from an attack of apoplexy. Cross Reference: FRANCE, SHIP LETTERS
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