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Post by smauggie on Dec 4, 2021 2:51:01 GMT
My latest acquisition is this Island of Reunion cover sent to Nantes in 1862.  |
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Post by dgdecker on Dec 4, 2021 3:49:57 GMT
What a beauty!
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 4, 2021 11:01:20 GMT
Indeed a fine early cover. Two comments for information, in case other members have not spotted them ( I'm sure smauggie has !) [PD] signifies "Paid to destination" ie prepaid before stamp was available
The date on the postmark is indistinct are we sure about the Year 1862 ? maybe there is a date inside to confirm
and "Voie de Suez" Ie "by the Suez route", the canal did not open until 1869 and this route in 1862 would involve overland transport to the Mediterranean.
It would still be quicker than the alternative ship mails by the much longer route round Cape of Good Hope |
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Post by smauggie on Dec 4, 2021 18:02:08 GMT
and "Voie de Suez" Ie "by the Suez route", the canal did not open until 1869 and this route in 1862 would involve overland transport to the Mediterranean.
It would still be quicker than the alternative ship mails by the much longer route round Cape of Good Hope |
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