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