Lot 51551 – 1864 Envelope to Paris from the Cordier correspondence, enclosed letter with Mahe manuscript timeline, franked Mauritius 4d + 6d

1864 Envelope to Paris from the Cordier correspondence, enclosed letter with Mahe manuscript timeline, franked Mauritius 4d + 6d, stamps have been cancelled and tied by manuscript deletion, presumably having not been cancelled in the Seychelles or carried privately initially, handstamped boxed INDIA UNPAID, rated 18d due, forwarded as an unpaid letter via Aden Steamer Point, then onto France. Faint red octagonal ‘Pos An V Suez Paq. F’ dated 15 Dec, indicating origin from a British Colony, ultimately carried by a French ship, a rarity.