French Indochina Post Offices

Lot 3082 French Indochina Post Offices

Description

1873 (8 Mar) native cover from Cochinchine to Mauritius, franked with a horizontal pair of 80c Ceres, tied by "CCH" in bars, showing a fine strike of "Cochinchine Saigon" departure cds alongside, red "PD", endorsed "Pa le "Donna Cia" Postes Francaise", arrival "Rose Hill" (17.3.1873), cover wear, otherwise fine, extremely rare usage of French franking from Indochina to Mauritius