£500
TAHITI - EARLY USAGE OF THE 3rd-TYPE TAHITI MARK ON PANAMA ROUTE COVER TO FRANCE; 14 July. 1866 env. to Bordeaux with a very fine smaller 2-ring "TAHITI(OCEANIE)/*PAPEETE*" cds on the front beside a very fine French "11" charge-mark (struck in Tahiti?) with v. fine 2-ring "CORR. FR. ANGL./AMB. CALAIS E" transit cds (28 Sept.; carried by British ships - the R.M.S.P. S.S. 'Tamar' & 'Seine' - from Colon via St. Thomas to Southampton) alongside. There are also transit cds's of "PARIS A BORDEAUX 2o/D"railway TPO & Bordeaux on the reverse, beside a manuscript "5 60" rate mark. Attractive example of the third Tahiti mark which is recorded from 1865. Ex Eastgate and sold in our Sep. 2016 sale for £480
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