227 : Europe & Overseas

Incoming Mail from Gouadeloupe 1849: Cérès 1 fr. carmine, a fine horizontal strip of three with clear to large margins all round, used on 1852 double rate cover from Pointe-a-Pitre to Paris endorsed 'Par Le Packet', with POINTE-A-PITRE / GUADELOUPE despatch cds at base (Aug 9), the adhesives tied on arrival by 'Grille sans Fin' in black. Red framed 'PD' at right and reverse with Paris cds of arrival. A great rarity of Caribbean Postal History. Cert. Behr (1977).
Catalogue 227: EUROPE & OVERSEAS