FRANCE continued...
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE D'ANGLETERRE: 1798 part-printed EL from General Clément at Paris HQ to the adjutant-general at le
Havre giving the movements of General Desaix; Paris postmark. Also 4pp printed notice regarding public subsidies for the army, issued by First Consul Bonaparte. Interesting pair. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE DE DALMATIE: 1809 long EL ex Zara to Cologne, disinfection toning, with fine strike of the scarce
BAU. GAL./ARM DE DALMATIE struck in red. Attractive.Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 323 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE D'ITALIE: 1794 EL ex Nice with ARMEE D'ITALIE struck partly off-cover; also (1811) EL on part-printed
letter ex Livourno with fine cachet Prefet Dept. de la Mediteranee. (2) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 324 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. POW MAIL (1): September 1806 EL addressed to a French POW at Norman Cross Prison with P.16.P./ROCHEFORT
postmark, reverse with '15c' (military rate) paid. Neat cover. Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. POW MAIL (2): March 1801 EL ex Stapleton Prison, Bristol written by a French naval POW to a judge at
Rochefort; unusually, privately-carried and posted at Calais. Roumet cert. (2016). Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 326 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. PENINSULAR WAR: 1810 EL ex Cadiz (part sheet missing, no text loss) from an Englishman to a colleague
mentioning French troop movements, his escape route through Gibraltar and the carriage of mail by 'sloop of war'; weak oval Portsmouth ship letter mark. Also 1811 EL from the siege of Figueras instructing the mayor to repair bread ovens to feed the
French troops; authorising cachet. Interesting pair. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
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| 327 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. OCCUPATION OF GUADELOUPE: 1812 part EL cross-written to UK and endorsed 'Guadeloupe 17 May 1812', during
the British occupation of the Island; part-fine oval 'Ship Letter/DEAL'; also 1824 (toned) EL written from Versailles to an officer in the King's bodyguard at Paris. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
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| 328 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE D'ESPAGNE: 1828 EL ex Pamplona to France with crisp [D]/ARM. D'ESPAGNE; also (1830) EL from Algiers
with part-fine A/ARMEE EXPEDRE/D'AFRIQUE. Attractive, useful pair. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE DE MOREE: 1830 wrapper addressed to Paris with part-fine QER.GAL./ARM. DE MOREE used by the French
army in Greece; single disinfection slit. Charges '15' decimes military rate on arrival. Scarce.Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ARMEE DE MOREE: 1831 long EL ex 'Napoli de Romanie' (Nauplia) to France with mainly fine strike of
QER.GAL./ARM. DE MOREE, single disinfection slit; writer records his recall to Paris with General Schneider. Scarce, interesting letter.Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
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| 331 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. ITALIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: 1859 E with contents addressed to an NCO with the expedition's ambulance at
Rome, military office receipt cds - scarce item of ambulance-related mail. Also, two items addressed to France, one with 20c stamp cancelled by Rome grille ex Bureau Francais/Italie and stampless E with Corps Expeditionnaire d'Italie departure cds.
Interesting group. (3)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
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| 332 |
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 EARLIER MILITARY. 1848 REVOLUTIONS: Group of letters inc. scarce June 1848 EL (creased) ex detainee at the Tourmond barracks,
arrested during the Paris uprising, another from a young man in Paris reassuring his grandfather that he was not in danger. Also 4 other items ex Italy (3) or Germany related to local uprisings. Interesting lot for further research. (6)Cross
Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 333 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. SERVICE SUSPENDED MAIL: 22. Aug. 1870 cover front ex Lausanne to London via France - last day
of routing via France; also Sep. 1870 wrapper ex Mexico to the South of France via London, detoured due to the German occupation. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 334 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. FRENCH AMBULANCE (1): Well-presented display of scarce material inc. Jan. 1871 E with contents
with cachet 24e CORPS D'ARMEE/3e AMBULANCE LYONNAISE with SOCIETE DE SECOURS …LYON hs; 1870 E endorsed 'Armee de la Loire' with AMBULANCE LYON cachet; other covers with similar endorsements, letters with printed headings, ephemera, etc. Fascinating
lot, inspection recommended. (17) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 280
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 335 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. FRENCH AMBULANCE (2): Ambulances Annexes de la Presse' - fine, attractive and very scarce
printed war ministry E with 10c Ceres pair and original contents (Roumet cert. 2014) plus two printed card passes; print illustrating the group. (4)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 336 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. FRENCH AMBULANCE (3): 24e CORPS D'ARMEE/3e AMBULANCE LYONNAISE cachet on two covers with Red
Cross hs's, one with letter plus three further letters, two on headed notepaper. Scarce. (5)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 337 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. MILITARY: Oct. 1870 small EL addressed to an NCO with the Garde Mobile at the Fort of Nogent;,
Oct. 1870/Feb.1871 pair of Es endorsed 'Garde Mobile', one with 20c Ceres (Bordeaux);also, Oct. 1870 E endorsed 'Armee de Rhin' ex Sathonay army camp. (4)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
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| 338 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. BALLON MONTÉ (1): Tiny (65x30 cm) E addressed to London endorsed 'par ballon monté', the 30c
stamp folded over the edge, Paris cds 8. Nov. with TPO transit cds 28 Nov. on reverse; probably carried on the 'Daguerre'. Slit when opened. Attractive and very unusual. Cross Reference: FRANCE, BALLOON MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. BALLON MONTÉ (2): Flimsy letter sheet addressed to Lille and endorsed 'ballon monté', franked
with Ceres 10c pair cancelled by star '1' of Place de la Bourse, cds 27. October; Lille arrival cds 2 Nov. Probably carried by the 'Colonel Charras'. Attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE, BALLOON MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
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| 340 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-71. BALLON MONTÉ (3): Printed 'formula' letter sheet with 20c Ceres stamp cancelled by star '35' of
Ministre des Finances 27. January 1871 – the penultimate day of balloon flights – addressed to Pontoise; most unusually, an additional double-lined '20' tax mark in blue. Carried by the 'General Cambronne'. Rare and attractive. Cross
Reference: FRANCE, BALLOON MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
