385th Auction

1863, Umschlag 3 Sgr. braun mit Zufrankatur ½ Sgr. orange, farblos durchstochen, mit Nr. "242" und sauber nebengesetztem "RUHLA 10/9"(1866), nach Straßburg im Elsass, mit vorderseitigem Transitstempel. Die Marke unauffälliger Eckknitter, sonst einwandfrei. Kurzbefund Sem BPP

1787 (January 6), folded letter from Guernsey to Nantes, France, rated “10” in manuscript, representing the 2 sous ship fee plus 8 sous French inland postage, conveyed to St. Malo where it was endorsed by forwarding agents Blaize de Maisonneuve on the reverse on January 11, struck with a black "S MALO" straight-line handstamp, fresh and fine, a scarce and newly-recorded forwarding agent endorsement.

Note: While Newport lists St. Malo forwarding agents Louis Blaize & Cie (1802–23) and Louis Blaize (1832), Blaize de Maisonneuve remains unrecorded in both Newport and Rowe, first reported as a new discovery in Les Isles Normandes of the Channel Islands Specialists' Society (September 2010, Vol. 29, No. 3).