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6735

1917, TOULON to AJACCIO, Corsica, Nice postcard bearing black circular cancel of TOULON VAR, handstamped cachet with blue DEPOT MILITAIRE SERBE A TOULON, unfranked as permitted under military concession, item dated from period of WWI, when Serbian Army regrouped in France following retreat through Albania, Toulon serving as key French naval base and point of military transit, blue military cachet indicative of presence of Serbian depot established in support of exiled troops, Corsica and particularly Ajaccio held strategic maritime role, destination significant due to its proximity to Allied logistical routes, historically linked to Napoleonic heritage, further underscoring Franco-Serbian military cooperation, item connected to broader narrative of Entente powers’ alliance against Central Powers, TOULON cancel consistent with 1916-1918 military correspondence, represents scarce example of unfranked concessionary use with auxiliary Serbian field markings, important piece for postal historians focusing on Balkan military mail and French coastal military operations, ex Kugel, VF-XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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6781

1920, from Deutsche Friedensdelegation, Paris, to the firm Oberpostinspektor A. Schöne in Charlottenburg, typed official envelope bearing blue circular handstamp with German imperial eagle and DEUTSCHE FRIEDENSDELEGATION Paris, tied by DÜSSELDORF 12.1.20 cancel, sent after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919 and during ongoing implementation and negotiations, likely carried in diplomatic or controlled mail pouch from France to the occupied Rhineland for dispatch via German postal system, extremely scarce and historically charged document from the final phase of Germany’s formal postwar diplomacy, Ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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6783

1915, from Wesserling (Alsace) to Secteur Postal 93, stampless military cover endorsed FRANCHISE MILITAIRE and addressed to Brigadier 43e d’Artillerie 6e Batterie, double-circle military postmark WESSERLING ALSACE 13-4 15 in black, matching TRESOR ET POSTES 144 cancel alongside, black circular cachets COMMUNE STORKENSOHN ALSACE and BÜRGERMEISTERAMT STORKENSAUEN BEZIRK OBER-ELSASS, official administrative mail during World War I from French-administered Alsace region, scarce internal military correspondence with rare dual civic cachets, ex Kugel, XF! Schätzpreis 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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6791

1920, From Mainz to Paris, picture postcard depicting Schillerplatz and Gouvernement building, official correspondence dated 26.4.20, frank-free mailing under military privilege, bears large violet circular cachet COMMISSION INTERALLIÉE DES G.F.C. DE PAYS RHÉNANS / SOUS-COMMISSION DE MAYENCE, sent by Octave Jouanin to his family in France, example of authorized communication by member of the French Inter-Allied Control Commission, no postal cancellation due to exemption status, rare and historically significant document from early French occupation phase in the Rhineland under Versailles Treaty conditions, represents early implementation of Allied supervisory mechanisms following World War I, reflects administrative presence of the Commission in Mainz under French military authority, connected to the broader geopolitical restructuring of postwar Europe and enforcement of disarmament clauses, Octave Jouanin recorded as a French military attaché and delegate within the Rhineland Control Zone, occupation coordinated by Marshal Ferdinand Foch and General Henri Mordacq, situates the item within the tense Franco-German relations of the interwar period, emblematic of restricted communication channels during Allied oversight, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 500€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 500

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France, Departement Côte-d’Or (21)

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6771

1937, 75c+2F+5F, on registered Airmail letter from Sassandra to Marseille, cancelled SASSANDRA COTE D'IVORE 7 JUIL 37, top left with Agence de Sassandra, reverse with dispatch, ex Kugel, interesting cover, VF-XF! Schätzpreis 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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French Expeditionary Forces in Siberia

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6722

ca. 1919, from French military personnel stationed in Siberia to Béziers, unfranked picture postcard showing the Ogden Canyon Power Dam in the United States, mailed under military franchise, with clear violet circular cachet MISSION MILITAIRE FRANÇAISE EN SIBÉRIE around coat of arms, likely mailed during the French expeditionary presence in Siberia in the aftermath of World War I and Russian Civil War, written in English with lighthearted message, very fresh and appealing example of French Siberian military correspondence, ex Kugel, VF! Schätzpreis 100€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 100

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French Fieldpost service in the Rhineland

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6784

1923, From DÜSSELDORF (Germany) to Paris (France), military postcard with hand-written endorsement F.M. (Franchise Militaire) used by French occupation forces in the Ruhr area, message dated 18.6, circular military postmark TRESOR ET POSTES * 3 * dated 20-6-23 indicating French Army Field Post Office in occupied Rheinland/Germany, no franking as permitted under military free mail privilege, addressed to Paris, picture side shows tram and Ratinger Tor in Düsseldorf, rare and historical item from the post-WWI Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr, light aging and corner wear, VF Schätzpreis 100€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 100

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6785

1920, From Wiesbaden to Chelles (Seine-et-Marne, France), military postcard with printed photo view of Wiesbaden Theater mit Schillerdenkmal, cancelled with TRESOR ET POSTES * 180 * military field postmark dated 5-8-20, also shows CHELLES BANLIEUE arrival datestamp dated 7-6-20, large violet cachet COMMISSION INTERALLIEE DES C.F.C. DES PAYS RHENANS / LE VAGUEMESTRE and COMMISSION INTERALLIEE DES C.F.C. DES PAYS RHENANS / MISSION FRANCAISE on picture side, indicating use by French control commission for occupied German territories after WWI, typical military free-frank concession post, good postal and historical markings, minor age wear, ex Kugel, XF Schätzpreis 150€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 150

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6786

1920, From MAINZ (Germany) to Mailly-le-Camp (Aube, France), military postcard showing Rhenish riverfront view of Mainz, endorsed Armée du Rhin and F.M. (Franchise Militaire), cancelled with circular military postmark TRESOR ET POSTES * 77 * dated 25-11-20, with purple artillery unit cachet, sent during French occupation of the Rhineland after WWI, typical example of military free mail used by stationed troops, neat handwriting, card in clean condition with strong strikes, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 120€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 120

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6787

1927, From DUREN (Rhineland, Germany) to Bordeaux France, picture postcard showing Hôtel de Ville of Duren, dated 18 1 27, struck with circular military cancel POSTE AUX ARMEES 96, handwritten message in French, no adhesive stamp as expected for authorized military free-franking mail, historic context: French occupation of the Rhineland (1919–1930) under terms of the Treaty of Versailles, postal usage from Zone 96 (Rhineland sector), typical example of interwar concessionary mail between French soldiers and families, Ex Kugel, VF Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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6788

1924, from Düren to Caumont, blue monochrome photographic postcard titled DUREN TANKS EN MANOEUVRE, sent by a French soldier stationed in occupied Germany as part of the Armée du Rhin, postmarked POSTE AUX ARMEES 191 - 18 X 19 -11 24, sender noted as part of the 17e B.C.A. 1e Compagnie, personal message mentions postwar military life, postcard shows French tank units during maneuvers—rare visual record of early interwar armored operations, card addressed to Paris with French military postal privileges, emblematic example of Franco-German occupation correspondence, visually and thematically powerful, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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6790

1924, probably from Trèves (Trier) to Paris, picture postcard showing Porta Nigra, written and dated 24-12-1924 by a French soldier of the 52e Bataillon, SCF YEL (Section de Chemin de Fer), message referencing long service and recent movements, franked with no stamp as allowed by military franchise, cancelled POSTE AUX ARMEES 22, black cachet ARMÉE DU RHIN, sent during the French occupation of the Rhineland under terms of the Versailles Treaty, typical example of free soldier's mail during peacetime occupation, showing military presence in historically contested German territory, strong usage of army postal structures for personal communication, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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French Guiana

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6769

1891, from Cayenne, French Guiana to Bordeaux, commercial envelope from NE-WO, COMMERCANT Cayenne, franked with 10c black on lilac and 15c blue Mouchon type definitives of the French Colonies, tied by crisp double-circle CAYENNE GUYANE FRANÇAISE postmarks dated 3 JUN 91, clear octagonal maritime transit mark LIGNE C PAQ FR No 1 3 JUIN 91 indicating routing via French packet boat, reverse with boxed arrival stamp BORDEAUX ARRIVÉE 24 JIN 91 and large violet oval sender cachet, excellent example of late 19th-century transatlantic colonial mail via Paquebot, showing early commercial exchange between French Guiana and mainland France, scarce with such clean strikes and business provenance, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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French Indochina Post Offices

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1919, from Hanoi to Brunoy, postcard showing the Square Jules Ferry and Petit Lac in Hanoi, sent under concessionary military mail regulations without franking, large violet circular cachet MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE D AERONAUTIQUE AU JAPON LE CHEF DE MISSION depicting the figure of Liberty, handwritten dateline 1 January 1919, hexagonal maritime transit cancel MARSEILLE YOKOHAMA No 3 dated 5.1.1919, carried via Japan and routed through Marseille to France, addressed with civilian handwriting and pencil message, rare and historically rich usage from the French military aeronautical mission stationed in Japan, illustrating logistical and diplomatic ties between Indochina and Japan in the immediate postwar period, colonial visual culture meets military postal history, Ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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French Levant

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1917, from French military doctor Medecin Principal de 2e Cl. Louet, head of the French Sanitary Mission in Greece, to Saint Lizier, France, cover bears violet boxed cachet MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE AUPRES DE L ARMEE HELLENIQUE, round violet cachet MISSION FRANCAISE A L ARMEE HELLENIQUE LE DIRECTEUR DU SERVICE DE SANTE with seated Marianne emblem, manuscript date 6-12-17 at left, cancelled with military postmark TRESOR ET POSTES 602, backflap with sender's designation in violet Le Medecin Principal de 2e Cl. LOUET MEDECIN CHEF DE LA MISSION SANITAIRE FRANCAISE, sent during French participation in the Salonika front in WWI, excellent example of Allied medical corps correspondence from Balkan theatre, historically significant correspondence from the French Eastern Army’s medical division stationed in Greece during World War I, specifically during the Macedonian campaign, the sender Medecin Principal Louet was a senior French medical officer responsible for coordinating health services alongside the Hellenic Army, cachets reflect high-ranking military medical authority, the seated Marianne emblem symbolises the French Republic, Salonika front established in 1915 after Bulgaria joined the Central Powers, becoming a key operational theatre for Allied forces including British, French, Serbian and Greek troops, this letter originates in the context of inter-Allied cooperation under General Maurice Sarrail’s command, the medical mission played a critical role during outbreaks of malaria and typhus among the troops, Saint Lizier in Ariège, recipient location, historically linked to French ecclesiastical and administrative tradition, linking remote home front with overseas military operations, postal marking TRESOR ET POSTES 602 assigned to French military postal services in the Balkans, dated cancellation consistent with French troop presence and active operations in late 1917 following the Monastir Offensive and amidst ongoing trench warfare in mountainous terrain, rare example of internal military correspondence from high-level medical administration, the survival of this cover with full cachets and manuscript detail enhances its historical and postal value, particularly desirable for collectors of WWI Balkan campaigns, military medicine, or French field post, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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6737

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1914, from Salonique now Thessaloniki, Greece to Dijon, postcard franked with 10 centimes red seated Liberty issue, tied by SALONIQUE U 12 JANV. 14 circular datestamp, addressed to Jean Routin, Rue Verrerie 25, photographic propaganda postcard showing rulers and soldiers of the Balkan League during the Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Ottoman flag trampled underfoot, mailed from the French Post Office in Salonique shortly after the city's annexation by Greece following Ottoman defeat, reflects the final phase of French postal presence in the Ottoman Empire before World War I, rare combination of Levant postal history and contemporary political iconography, excellent thematic crossover item for collectors of Balkan history, Ottoman decline, or French foreign post offices, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

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Estimate € 400

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6740

1917, from Salonique to Paris, picture postcard depicting the busy waterfront at Quai Constantin, titled GUERRE 1914-15-16 EN ORIENT, bilingual French-English legend, manuscript dated October 1917 from a French military hospital orderly, franked-free card bearing vivid blue circular cachet ARMÉE D'ORIENT CONVOIS AUTOMOBILES SECTEUR, typical usage of mail privileges for service members in non-combat roles, part of the Salonika Campaign in the Balkans during World War I, visual evidence of French logistical and humanitarian presence in northern Greece, evocative contrast between tranquil harbor image and the reality of wartime hospitals behind the lines, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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6741

1916, British mail sent via French post to England, from Corfu to Cleator Moor, Cumberland, military postcard bearing printed heading ????? ????????? (Greece postcard), used by a member of British military personnel stationed on Corfu during World War I, endorsed Service militaire and violet circular cachet MARINE FRANÇAISE SERVICE A LA MER with anchor emblem, message in English mentioning daily life and weather conditions, full-color lithographic image of Achilleion Palace on picture side, sent under free concessionary rate for Allied forces, scarce early WWI usage of French military postal system in the Ionian Islands, combining tourism iconography with wartime naval presence, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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6742

1917, from Corfu to London, black-and-white photo postcard depicting the French battleship Diderot of the turbine squadron, printed caption GUERRE 1914 15 16 17, mailed by a sailor of the French Navy stationed off the coast of Greece, large blue circular naval cachet MARINE FRANÇAISE SERVICE A LA MER with anchor motif on both sides, message in English dated 28 May 1917 mentioning illness aboard and naval routine, sent under naval free-frank privilege granted to servicemen at sea, posted during the period of intense Allied naval activity in the eastern Mediterranean, part of France's contribution to the Entente operations along the Balkan front, printed by Marius Bar, Toulon, addressed to Shepherd's Bush, London, well-preserved example of World War I maritime mail from French forces in Levantine waters, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 300€. (Image)

Estimate € 300

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6743

1915, from Salonique to Château de Sulauze near Miramas, postcard depicting Place du Roi Georges I in Salonique, bilingual French and Greek caption, sent during early stages of French military presence in the Balkans, handwritten message dated 24 June 1915, bearing circular date stamp TRESOR ET POSTES 507 and large blue military cachet CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D ORIENT 122e DIVISION ARTILLERIE 1re BATTERIE, concessionary military mail free of charge, sent by artilleryman of the French Expeditionary Force in the Orient prior to the full-scale Allied buildup in Macedonia, civilian pictorial card used by soldier during early World War I operations, published by D. Sonides, Salonique, rare early usage before the Salonika Front became fully operational, subtle shadow of the storm to come, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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