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Strange Destinations

One of the delights of collecting covers from small places is actually finding them after they have been delivered to even stranger places. St. Pierre and Miquelon presents just such a challenge. These types of cover are easy to contrive but I was fortunate enough to be given the illustrated cover shown here. A simple letter ,written in 1954 by Mme. Henriette Fitzpatrick in St. Pierre,addressed to a correspondent in Pharijong, Tibet. Franked with definitives of this period of time , the postage totals 17.00frs. which approximates to the correct rate for a first step letter to foreign countries in 1954. The letter left St. Pierre on March 03 1954 and arrived at its destination in Tibet, after travelling via India, on May 03 1954. A journey length of two months. It would be interesting to know the exact routing that it took, there is no clue on the letter except for the arrival mark in Pharijong, Tibet.
 

Philatelic articles by David Allen