Lot 20010 – 1835 (18.3) Folded entire from Shiraz to Fort William,

1875 (30.10) Envelope with original contents written in “Tauris le 30 octobre 1875”, transported via Trebizonde and forwarded from Constantinople with boxed “MER NOIRE” (applied in Constantinople to letters from Black Sea harbours, transported with French paquebots without postal agency abroad), franked with France Ceres 80c tied GC5083 wuth cds alongside and boxed “PD” and red “PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE” to France with further French transit and arrival bs, a rare and attractive early letter from Persia