GUADELOUPE

Covers and stamps / Guadeloupe

GUADELOUPE: 1826 (June 2): Cover with "BASSE TERRE / GUADELOUPE" handstamp from the Captain of the Grand Duc de Riviere to a soldier on leave at Moule, "POINT A PITRE" transit at top, short military endorsement bottom left and fuller endorsement on reverse together with military handstamp. One of the finest and earliest recorded military letters from this Colony, on the album page of Edward Grabowski. Provenance: Collection Dr Edward Grabowski, Spink sale 19048, November 2019, lot 1076