
FRENCH COLONIES TAHITI: 1870 (11 July) unpaid envelope from Tahiti to France from a sailor serving on the French frigate S.S. ‘Astree’, rated 11 decimes at the reduced Naval Concession rate, TAHITI (OCEANIE) PAPEETE dispatch (3rd type), COL. FR. ANGL. AMB CALAIS entry mark, manuscript annotation on backflap ‘Fregate L’Astree, Vu L’Off(ici)er en Second, Delhaye’, fine. Concession rate covers from Tahiti are rare. Ex Tony Eastgate 2016.