REUNION

Covers and stamps / Reunion

REUNION REUNION: 1869 (18 JANV) Envelope franked 1859 10c. bister on yellowing (3; Yvert 3) horizontal strip of three with sheet margin at left and pair, large margins to touching, tied by blue dotted diamond cancels and blue ‘Reunion, St. Paul 18 Janv 69’ double-circle datestamp which also ties the pair on cover to Nantes, France, sender’s directive ‘ Par Messageries Imperiales’, blue company cachet and red framed ‘AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT’ handstamp, transit and Nantes (Feb. 17) arrival backstamps, manuscript rate marking which also ties paid. Very fine underpaid cover.REUNION REUNION: 1869 (18 JANV) Envelope franked 1859 10c. bister on yellowing (3; Yvert 3) horizontal strip of three with sheet margin at left and pair, large margins to touching, tied by blue dotted diamond cancels and blue ‘Reunion, St. Paul 18 Janv 69’ double-circle datestamp which also ties the pair on cover to Nantes, France, sender’s directive ‘ Par Messageries Imperiales’, blue company cachet and red framed ‘AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT’ handstamp, transit and Nantes (Feb. 17) arrival backstamps, manuscript rate marking which also ties paid. Very fine underpaid cover.

REUNION: 1869 (18 JANV) Envelope franked 1859 10c. bister on yellowing (3; Yvert 3) horizontal strip of three with sheet margin at left and pair, large margins to touching, tied by blue dotted diamond cancels and blue ‘Reunion, St. Paul 18 Janv 69’ double-circle datestamp which also ties the pair on cover to Nantes, France, sender’s directive ‘ Par Messageries Imperiales’, blue company cachet and red framed ‘AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT’ handstamp, transit and Nantes (Feb. 17) arrival backstamps, manuscript rate marking which also ties paid. Very fine underpaid cover.

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