Cyprus: circa 1927 cover on board to England franked with 1/2pi and 2pi of 1925 KGV stamps struck by PAQUEBOT / VAPURDAN (from ship in Turkish) handstamp and by manuscript on top left M/N Theophile Gautier. Reverse blank.
Theophile Gautier was a vessel of the Messagiem Maritime entered service on the Marseilles – Istanbul line on 18 January 1927, also called other ports en route. It was sunk in 1941 by a British submarine when in convoy with a German ship protected by Italian warships.
