Entire letter canc. "LONDON*5.DEC.1839" and "T*DE.5.1839", handwritten "Post Paid", "Paquebots de la Mediterranee" and "Via Marseilles" to Athens. Oval cachet "P-D" and transit postmark "ANGL. 2 CALAIS*7.DEC.(39)" and "ΠΥΡΑΙΕΥΣ*12.ΔΕΚΕΜ.1839", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*12.ΔΕΚΕΜ.1839". Ships name in box "ST JANESSS". Accounting markings on face. Very fine and scarce.