Lot 30039 – 1857 (Dec 17) Envelope sent from Mauritius to India with ms notation on arrival « Not found / Return to Mauritius » plus returned letter cover

1857 (Dec 17) Envelope from Pipon Bell (incl. original contents) sent from Mauritius to India, endorsed « p Mont Blanc » with crowned GPO ds, with ms notation on arrival « Not found / Return to Mauritius », and sent back on 26th Jan with Calcutta boxed ship letter ds on reverse with ms rates, plus a « Returned Letter » cover from the Dead Letter Office in Mauritius (for this same correspondence but not the matching cover) and sent back to Pipon Bell & Co., dated June 23 inside, most unusual

Provenance: Vikram Chand