Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
February 20, 2008

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Lot #700
MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1862 Earliest Consular Mark
1862 Beginning in April 1862, the French mail packet system was extended into the Caribbean with a contract to the "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique"; a line from St.Nazaire to Veracruz, via Martinique and Santiago de Cuba. French Troops were also transported by this company's ships including "Louisiane", "Floride", "Tampico" and "Veracruz". Records through July, 1865 and octagonal datestamps bearing the ship's name make it possible to determine which ship carried a particular article of mail. A FL from Mexico City, 12 June to Aurillac, France, franked with 4r black on yellow, received by the French Consular Office in Veracruz, June 15th, taken by the steamer "Veracruz" and arriving in France July 15th and in Aurillac July 16th, charged 8 decimes due, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks on back. The "Veracruz" delivered the consular "Mexique" handstamp immediately prior to this departure, so 12 June is actually the First Date on which it was used. An important item of Mexican and French Postal history
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

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