383rd Auction

1876, folded cover, franked with 1870-5 40c orange and 80c rose, paying the double letter rate of 1fr20c, postmarked St. Thomas (5 Sep), endorsed “pr French Str,” stamps accordingly tied by “St. Thomas / Paq Fr. B Nr 4” c.d.s. (5 Sep), to Veracruz, Mexico, struck with “25c” in black for the Mexican inland portion, vertical fold, else a fine double rate cover.

1877, folded cover to Veracruz, Mexico, franked with two 1876 30c brown, paying the basic 60 centimes rate for a letter up to 15g, tied by  “St. Thomas / Paq Fr B No 4” c.d.s., same-day St. Thomas c.d.s. of the Danish West Indies Post Office below adhesives, a few trivial stains near adhesives, else a fine and scarce cover, one of three examples recorded by Dubois showing this combination of paquebot and DWI markings.