Lot no. 8095

1844 (March 7): Entire letter written from Port of Spain, Trinidad addressed to an Ensign on the Corvette 'Sabinne' on Indian Ocean duty, at Réunion (Ile de Bourbon), the reverse with double arc TRINIDAD despatch cds in black (March 7) and rated on front as prepaid 2/1d. in manuscript. London 'Paid' cds of  transit (April 8) alongside 'PAID SHIP LETTER / Crown / LONDON' oval datestamp in red and oval 'P-D'. The reverse with 'Mauritius / Post Office' transit datestamp (July 24) in black, 'St. Denis / Ile Bourbon' cds (July 30) in black;  eventually forwarded to Hong Kong with arrival of double arc cds (Oct 8) in black. An extraordinary entire (216 day journey) with all strikes displaying well.