Los-Nr. 1649

1842, Folded letter from Theodore Fontaine, the French Postal Agent in Jersey from the 1820s until officially suppressed on June 1, 1843, endorsed “Service” in blue manuscript, addressed to “Monsieur le Directeur General des Postes” in Paris, requesting that, as the sender had to “dispatch express packets daily to the Postmasters of St. Malo and Granville”, that he be supplied with a stock of wrapping paper and “also some wax”, carried free of charge and struck with red “OUTRE-MER / ST. MALO” c.d.s. (4 May), with Paris c.d.s. arrival backstamp, the letter struck inside upon receipt with blue cachet “CABINET PARTICULIER (POSTES)” (6 May), a remarkable and significant letter from the French Postal Agent in Jersey, fresh and fine.