1792 (Nov 30): Entire letter datelined 'à Liège, le 30 9bre. l'an 1er. de la Rêpublique française et de la libertê de france, belges et liegeois' addressed to Limoux to the care of the Mayor, with outstandingly patriotic letter calling for people to defend (and wanting various named soldiers to be allowed home on leave) the revolution and the country 'la patrie en danger' and recounting the victory at Liege for the Republican forces in May and the recent victory at Jemappes (Nov 1792), struck with (very fine for this) two line EXPEDITION / DE LA BELGIQUE in red (Reinhardt = 1'250 pts). Letter also states the return address: '11e. Battalion Armêe du Dumouriez, Liège', a fine and rare entire. (Image 1) (Image)

1793 (Nov 22): Entire letter from Paris addressed to the Quartermaster of the 2nd Battalion of the Army of the Coast at Cherbourg, taxed '8' on arrival and reverse with fair to fine strike of 'DEBOURSÉ / ARMÉE DES COTES' in black (Reinhardt = 2'000 pts). Minor imperfections but very rare. (Image 1) (Image)

1794/1797: Entire letters (4) with 1794 entire with 'ARMÉE DE SAMBRE / ET MEUSE' in black (Reinhardt = 600 pts) to Reims, 1797 entire with '3E DON. / ARM. DE SAMBRE ET MEUSE' in green (= 600 pts), 1794 entire from Namur with '4E DON / ARM. DE SAMBRE ET MEUSE' in black (unrecorded by Reinhardt) and printed entire with '6E DON / ARM DE SAMBRE ET MEUSE' struck in red (unrecorded by Reinhardt), condition varies with fair to fine strikes, a scarce assembly. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1797 (Dec 16): Entire letter on printed 'Dubreton, Commissaire-ordonnateur en chef de l'Armêe d'Allemagne' paper mailed from Strasburg with italic 'Commissaire Gênêral / Armêe D'Allemagne' in black and fair strike of rare 'P. PAYÉ / ARMÉE DU RHIN' handstamp in red (Reinhardt = 3'000 pts). The reverse, folded for display, showing equally rare 'DEBOURSE / ARMEE DU RHIN / 5e. DIVISION' in black (unrecorded by Reinhardt). A scarce entire. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Malta 1798 (June 11): Entire letter, an eye-witness account of the Siege of Malta (taken the following day by Napoleon's forces), written on board the "La Sensible" (23 Prairial an 6) "nous arrivons devant Valletta, ville capital Malte" and the letter goes on to mention Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of Egypt which were quickly put into motion - Bonaparte stayed but six days on the island but left 4'000 troops to garrison Malta and then sailed directly on to Egypt. The 'Sensible' avoided the Battle of the Nile, sailing westwards where this letter was mailed with straight line CADIZ handstamp in red and charged '20' due on receipt. An extraordinary and historic entire. (Image 1) (Image)

Ionian Islands 1798 (Aug 18): Entire letter from Corfu (mentioned in text) to Franciade near St. Denis, disinfected with slits, struck on despatch with 'ARM. D'ITALIE / 10ME DON' handstamp in black (Reinhardt = 500 pts). Rated '13' in manuscript on obverse and reverse with '17' (Vendemaire) handstamp of arrival in black. A rare letter from Corfu at this period with content mentioning 'Only two letters received this morning, the rest lost'. (Image 1) (Image)

1798 (Sept 16): Entire letter from Rouen to Draguignan, Var struck with good 'ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' handstamp in black, rated '14' in manuscript due on receipt, and a second entire letter from 'Fort Nationalle' near Cherbourg struck with partial 'DON E / ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' in black (Reinhardt = 1'250 pts) with mss. rate '8' altered to '6'. A scarce pair. (Image 1) (Image)

1798 (Nov 12): Printed entire letter from 5th Division in Bruges to the Ministry of War in Paris, struck with very fine 'DON. L. / ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' handstamp in black (Reinhardt = 2'500 pts). A fine and rare entire.rnProvenance: Collection Frank Staff, July 1995, lot 529. (Image 1) (Image)

1798: Entire letters (2) with printed entire from Rouen struck with rare 'PORT-PAYÉ / ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' in black (Reinhardt = 1'750 pts), with oval cachet of the Major General in black and 'DON C / ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' in black (= 1'000 pts) on reverse; second printed entire from Bruges with superb strike of rare 'DON L. PORT-PAYÉ / ARM. D'ANGLETERRE' in black (= 2'500 pts), rare - but both entires with addressee's names erased. (Image 1) (Image)

1799 (May 7): Entire letter from near Strasbourg from a soldier with the 3rd Division of the Arms to the Poste Restante at St. Die, France struck with fine '10E DON / ARM. DU DANUBE' handstamp in red (Reinhardt = 1'250 pts) and rated '12' due in manuscript. A scarce marking.rnProvenance: Collection C. W. E. Coles. (Image 1) (Image)

1801 (Jan 26): Blockade run entire letter from the Chef de Battalion of General Friant in Alexandria, Egypt to Annecy, France with letter headed 'Armêe d'Egypte' in manuscript, the entire disinfected by vinegar splashing, with superb strike of 'V. D. M. P. TOULON' entry marking in black (Voie De Mer Par Toulon) and charged '8' due in manuscript. Rare. (Image 1) (Image)

1801 (April 9): Entire letter post the Treaty of Luneville, mailed to Dijon from a soldier to his girlfriend asking for mail, struck with very fine '2E. DIV. / ARMÉE DU RHIN' handstamp in black (Reinhardt = 600 pts), rated '9' in manuscript due. A fine entire. (Image 1) (Image)

1801 (June 15): Cover to Reggio from a member of the Polish Legion with framed italic handstamp 'Chef de L'Etat Major / de la 1er. Leg. Polonaise' in black. A fair strike of a rare marking, under-priced in Reinhardt = 500 pts. (Image 1) (Image)

1804 (Aug 20): Entire letter prepaid from Utrecht to Lille struck with fine two line 'BAU. GAL PORT PAYÉ / ARM. DE HOLLANDE' handstamp in red (Reinhardt = 1'500 pts). Fresh and fine, a very scarce entire. Cert. Roumet (2016). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1805 (Oct 6): Entire letter written from Bovolon (Verona) to St. Calais, Sarthe via Paris, struck with superb 'No. 12 / ARM D'ITALIE' in black (Reinhardt = 350 pts). Fine quality and a long and very readable letter. (Image 1) (Image)

1805 (Nov 11): Entire letter from Leoben, Styria, Austria to Auxerre, struck with superb 'No. 4 / ARM. DE HOLLANDE' handstamp in black (Reinhardt = 750 pts). Fresh and fine, a scarce entire. Cert. Roumet (2016). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1806 (May 9): Entire letter from Windorf, Bavaria to Verdun struck with fine 'No. 5 / GRANDE-ARMÉE' handstamp in red (Reinhardt = 400 pts). A fine entire with full return address of the 18th Regiment, 3rd. Company of the 3rd Division in Bavaria. (Image 1) (Image)

1806: Cover from Hannover to Paris rated '39' in manuscript and thus at triple rate, struck with fine 'No. 26 / GRANDE-ARMÉE' handstamp in black (Reinhardt = 500 pts). reverse with complete wax seal in red and Paris arrival (Aug 9) in red. Minor crease but a scarce usage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1807 (March 9): Printed entire letter, prepaid from Augustin Richter written from Posen (Poznan) to Colmar, struck with good 'No. 40 PORT PAYÉ / GRANDE-ARMÉE' handstamp in red (Reinhardt = 2'000 pts). A fine and very scarce entire. (Image 1) (Image)

1807 (May 8): Entire letter written from Braunsberg (now Branievo, Poland) to Épinal, concerning the addressee's Legion D'Honneur and recruitment for the 9th Infantry Regiment and written by the future General Meunier (with his full red wax seal on reverse), struck on despatch by a wonderful strike of three line 'PREMIER CORPS / GRANDE-ARMÉE / No. 4' in red (Reinhardt = 2'500 pts). Exceptional and very rare. (Image 1) (Image)

Peninsular War 1808 (March 6): Entire letter written from Camp outside Madrid, Spain struck on front with three line 'BAU. GAL. / ARM. D'OBSERV. / DES CÔTES DE L'OCEAN' in black (Reinhardt = 750 pts). General Murat, in command of two Corps, was ordered by Napoleon to occupy Madrid without hostilities. On March 23, 1808 Murat ordered Dupont's 2nd Corps of Observation of the Gironde (25'000 men) and Moncey's Corps of Observation of the Ocean Coasts (29'000 men) to garrison Madrid. A very fine strike of a scarce handstamp. (Image 1) (Image)

Peninsular War 1808 (May 15): Entire letter from Burgos with mss. 'Franca' at right, struck with fine 'BAU. GAL CORPS / D'OBSERVATION DES PYRENNES / OCCIDENTALES' in black (Reinhardt = 1'000 pts). Rated '8' due in manuscript on arrival in Bourgueille. Slight stain but scarce.rnProvenance: Collection B. Berkinshaw-Smith. (Image 1) (Image)

Peninsular War 1808 (June 26): Entire letter written in garrison from San Sebastian to Niort, France and re-addressed on arrival, struck with superb three line 'No. 4 CORPS / D'OBSERV. DES PYRENEES / OCCIDENTALES' in black (unrecorded by Reinhardt). Addressee unfound and manuscript 'Inconnuà Parthenay' at top and reverse with 'DEB. / NIORT' deboursê handstamp in black. The entire with some sensible internal repairs protecting the folds but very rare.rnNote: Written by a soldier in 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion of 5th Legion of the Corps Observation of the Pyrennes, under the command of Marshall Bessières. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1808 (Aug 20): Entire letter from Warsaw to Dijon with fine 'No. 43 / GRANDE-ARMÉE' in red (Reinhardt = 1'000 pts), rated '14' on arrival in manuscript. Signed G. Lamy. (Image 1) (Image)

Peninsular War 1808 (Sept 24): Entire letter to Bordeaux written by Sgt. Major de Keyser of the 119th Regiment in bivouac at Brisalina, 20 leagues from Vitoria, Spain struck on front with three line 'BAU. GAL. CORPS / D'OBSERV. DES PYRENEES / OCCIDENTALES' in black (Reinhardt = 1'000 pts). A fine strike of this scarce marking, the letter describes the Battle of Medina del Rio Seco at which 22'000 Spaniards, parts of the Armies of Galicia (under Blake) and Castile (under Cuesta) were defeated by 14'000 French troops under Marshall Bessières. The battle secured the lines of communication between Madrid and Bayonne. (Image 1) (Image)