Not much is known of the French merchant vessel Le CHEVAL MARIN than that she in 1774 visited the La Dique Island in the Seychelles on a secret mission under command of Captain Claude Deschien to establish a fruit and vegetable plantation on La Dique Island.
Seychelles 1999 R20 sgMS894, scott808.
Source: Seychelles Philatelic Bureau. Watercraft Philately.