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Auction: 18046 - The Brian Brookes Collection of Martinique
Lot: 2140

French Colonies - Martinique. The Brian Brookes Collection
Postal History
Fifth French Period (Sept. 1816 to date)
1837 (4 Mar.) entire to Bordeaux, charged "2" (decimes), showing "st pierre/martinique" double-ring d.s. and framed "pays d'outremer" with arrival d.s. (19.4) on reverse; 1837 (13 Nov.) entire letter from St. Pierre to Bordeaux, charged "2" (decimes), showing framed "pays d'outremer" and, on reverse, straight-line "martinique" h.s. (Jamet Type 12) and arrival d.s. (30.11); 1838 (2 Feb.) entire letter to Bordeaux, charged "2" (decimes), showing framed "pays d'outremer" with, on reverse, straight-line "martinique" h.s. (Type 12) and arrival d.s.; 1838 (12 June) entire letter (faults) from Cayenne (French Guiana) to Bordeaux, marked "via de la Martinique", showing straight-line "guyane francais", framed "pays d'outremer" and, on reverse, straight-line "martinique" with arrival datestamp (8.8); and 1839 (17 Mar.) entire letter, with disinfection slit, from St. Lucia to France, marked "Par Le Martial Cp. Bdr, St Pierre Mque 19 Mars 1839", charged "5" (decimes), showing "outre-mer/bordeaux" double-ring d.s. in red with, on reverse, straight-line "martinique" h.s. (Type 12)

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