India. (French Settlement In India). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Etabs. Fr. De L' Inde/ Pondichery' double ring '31st Oct 68' with boxed 'PD' , routed via Suez with 'Colonies Fra. V. Suez/ 1' French entry cachet (Salles 1851) and Marseille arrival on reverse. Superb single franking of the eighty cents Eagle in deep rose used in the French Settlement in Pondichery.