Lot 32334 – 1853 Entire letter, datelined Mahè 18 Nov. 1858, f

1853 Entire letter, datelined Mahè 18 Nov. 1858, from Papal emissary from his stop at the Seychelles while touring the Indian Ocean, reporting on the relations between Papal, English and French missionaries, and addressed to His Eminence the Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda at Rome, carried privately to Mauritius where magenta double-oval “PACKET LETTER” ds (DEC 6 / 1853) was struck plus 1s ms for double rate, red “VIA DI MARE” and French P.O. Alexandria, Egypt, transit cds, reverse with ms “20” and red Rome bs, an important historical document, very fine, ex Weiss