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1849 (Jun 5) Outer to Paris with boxed India hand stamp alongside circular Indes OR /Marseille (19 Jul) cds in red & Pre-paid with manuscript 1/- (shilling) but also Charged by French with on back 10 (decimes) hand stamp in black alongside boxed Calcutta /GPO /Shipletter /5 Juil /1849 date stamp in red + smudged Paris /60 (19 Jul) arrival cds …………………….Unusual item Pre paid 1/- for Red Sea Postage for letters under ½ oz applicable from 1 May 1848 but according to the French scale applicable from 1 Jan 1849 for the sea route Alexandria – Marseilles a Charge of 10 decimes was due for the 1st weight stage of under 705 gramme………..Transit time of 44 days via P & O lines