Ref: DR20853
- £375.00
India. (French Settlements in India). 1898. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing French India Yvert 7, 20c green/ red and Yvert 9, 30c brown tied by Inde/ Pondichery date stamp '6th July 98' with framed hand-struck 'R' in red on face, endorsed 'via Brindisi' with 'Modane a Paris' ambulant '23rd Juil' and St. Brieuc arrival on reverse.
Beautiful cover paying the 50c registered rate to France via Brindisi with scarce usage of the 30c brown from French India.
Illustrated in the article by Ed Grabowski for The Collectors Club Philatelist Volume 98, Number 6, French Colonial Allegorical Group Type.
Ex Dr Edward Grabowski collection.
