Heinrich Köhler 385 Auction – Day 3

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).