India. (French Settlement In India). 1869. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '17th Aout 69' with boxed 'PD' , routed via Suez with 'Col. Fr. V. S. P. An. Amb. Mars' French entry cachet (Salles 1865) and Bordeaux arrival '19th Sept' on reverse. Superb single franking of the eighty cents Eagle in deep rose used in the French Settlement in Pondichery.