[NORTH / NAVIGATION] - Correspondence from François Vigoureu - Lot 129

[NORTH / NAVIGATION] - Correspondence from François Vigoureux, captain of the three-masted ship La Marie, and from Verena Collet on behalf of Collet-Taverne, a shipowner in Dunkirk: 19 items, including some fine postmarks Destinations of the letters: Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Saigon, Hanoi, Macau, Belle-Isle, Singapore May 10, 1866: “The first [letter] informs me of your safe arrival in Havana after a smooth crossing, having lost only three emigrants—a very satisfactory result […] the second informs me of the chartering of the Verena Collet to load sugar in Havana bound for Belle-Isle, on orders (Le Havre, Saint-Nazaire, or Bordeaux) at the low freight rate of 56 francs per ton of 1,000 kg net customs weight…”