ロット12106 • ジャマイカ

1845, Montauban to Mandeville, Jamaica via Calais and London, folded letter dated 12 NOV 1845, prepaid as indicated by boxed red PD marking and manuscript 2 at upper left denoting double-weight (2 sheets) rate, routing endorsement by Packet for the West Indies at lower left, red MONTAUBAN 12 NOV 45 dispatch CDS, boxed red PAYS D'OUTREMER PAR LE HAVRE marking, blue CALAIS transit CDS on reverse, manuscript postage calculation showing 10 decimes French inland postage plus 12 decimes British/packet fee = 22 decimes total, reverse also bears a struck-through 15 U.S. rate marking, indicating initial misrouting via American accounting—later corrected as the letter was properly routed via England, addressed to Rev. Francis R. Holland, Mandeville P.O., Manchester Parish, Jamaica, rare fully prepaid French transatlantic cover to the British West Indies with route and tax correction, XF! Estimate 800€.