1888 cover from the Campario correspondence, with letter datelined "Dien-bien-phou February 6, 1888", with "Lao-Kai 25 Fevr 88" and corresponding "Corps Exp're Annan-Tonkin" alongside, addressed to France, with "Ba-Hoa", "Than-Quan", "Ha-Noi" and "Corr.D.Arm. Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.5" transits, also 22 Apr 88 arrival pmk on back (Dien Bien Phu became famous in 1954, when the Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries) (Image)

Est.$500

1892 (9 Sep) cover posted on board of steamship of the "Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchione" (steamship along the Mekong River, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam) to France, attractively franked with 5x5c green French Colonies General Issue, tied by "Vapeur No.2 Cochinchine", with transit postmarks of "MyTho Cochinchine" (10 Sep), "Saigon-Central Cochinchine" and Carcassonne arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.$500

1907 red-band (Chinese correspondence) cover from My Tho to Pnom Penh, with "My Tho Cochinchine" departure pmk on back and charged Postage Due on arrival in Cambodia, with 20c Colonies General adhesive added and tied by cds, some toning, rare usage (Image)

Est.$200