Lot 08055

1838 entire letter written on 6/1/1838 in Pondicherry India, posted with steamer “Atalanta” (manuscript “Atalanta steamer via Marseille”) to Bombay. There got through British sanitary on 27/2/1838, manuscript on reverse “Received in Bombay 2 February 1838 forwarded in same day by Skinner and Co”, via “ALEXANDRIE (EGYPTE)*27 MARS 1838” with boxed “INDES ORIEN./PAR/ALEXANDRIE” and black oval “INDIA”, arr. “BORDAUX*26 AVRIL 1838”. RRRR.