cover FRENCH SETTLEMENTS: 1731 E.L. from Poland to "Pondicherry on a Bengalle, Dieu garde le posteut", a little worn and stained but very unusual; 1733 E.L. from Pondicharry addessed "en Rade"; 1770 E.L. from Chandernagore to L'Orient, and 1777 E.L. from France to Chandernagore, no postal markings but attractive address panels, the letters with some detail erased (one excised). (4)