項次 2091

1861 (28 August) a neat cover, originated in Macao, sent from Canton to Bruxelles (Brussels), franked with a horizontal pair of French Empire 20c, large to ample margins all around, tied by two strikes of "CECC" lozenges cancellation with "Corps Exp. Chine BAU C / 28 AOUT 61" double-circle datestamp on folded letter datelined "Macao le 26 AOUT 1861", addressed to Brussels, Belgium, red framed "PD" handstamp was subsequently crossed out and manuscript “nul” through the pair, red framed “AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISENT” handstamp, Marseilles and Brussels (Oct. 17) backstamps, manuscript "6" decimes due marking. A very renowned French military postal history item. The use of such military postage was supposed to be valid for UK and France only. As a result, when it arrived in Brussels, the post officer treated it as insufficient mail (matched the French “AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISENT” handstamp), crossed out the two French stamp, marked it as “NUL” by manuscript, together with a postage rate of “6(f)” to be paid by the recipient at Brussels. Provenance: 1. Illustrated in Major Richard Pratt's Imperial China (p. 153). 2. John Sussex Collection– The Opening of China, Christie Auction in Nov 1987

1861.8.28 澳門書寫，廣州寄出至比利時，貼20生丁雙連，銷CECC殺手戳及在華法軍C局日戳。由於優軍郵資僅可寄至英國法國，故寄比利時被判欠資，為法軍郵政史之大名譽品。Major Richard Pratt《Imperial China》第153頁原件。 1987.11 佳士得“John Sussex Collection– The Opening of China”。