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Auction: 18046 - The Brian Brookes Collection of Martinique
Lot: 2303

French Colonies - Martinique. The Brian Brookes Collection
Franked Postal History
General French Colonies "Eagle" Issue - British Packet Agency Mail
1865 (10 Sept.) entire from St. Pierre to Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, bearing 20c. and 40c. (slightly toned), clear to ample margins, tied by "mqe" dotted lozenge on despatch, then forwarded through the British Packet Agency with corresponding double-arc datestamp on reverse, transit of Basse-Terre also on back, charged "4" in manuscript being the share of the postage due to the British. A scarce inter-island British Agency cover. Signed Jamet. Maury 4, 5. Photo

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