Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

1816 (Jan): Entire letter sent from Isle de France to Bordeaux, endorsed on reverse 'Par Le Navire Le Titus de Bordeaux Capne Beck', with faint strike of the oval handstamp 'POST PAID / PORT LOUIS' and 'COLONIES PAR BORDEAUX' in black, addressed to Monsieur Armand Ferse. Horizontal filing fold centrally and stains, otherwise fine. The large oval handstamp was applied to mail travelling via Cape of Good Hope in the occupation period. The charge of '6' reflects the sea post rate increased due to the Napoleonic Wars. The rate for outgoing mail by private ship was reduced to one third of the corresponding rate for the Packet Service.