1862 (27 May) a marvellous registered military French mail sent
from Canton to Paris bearing French Empire 3 x 20c, with good to
large
1862 (27 May) a marvellous registered military French mail sent
from Canton to Paris bearing French Empire 3 x 20c, with good to
large margins, cancelled by “CECC” diamond lozenges, showing “CORPS
EXP. CHINE / BAU C” c.d.s., superb and rare matching French
registration framed “CECC / POIDS CHARGE numeral box” handstamp
struck on the obverse side, while the front also shows framed “PD”
h.s. in red, crossed out and instead cancelled by unframe “CHARGE”
h.s. in red, further with an instructional mark boxed
“AFFRANCHISSEMENT / INSUFFISANT” h.s. in red, taxed “10” (decimes),
with 3 French entry marks “POS. ANG. V. SUEZ / MARSEILLE” c.d.s. in
red and “PAYS ETR. V. SUEZ / MARSEILLE” c.d.s in both black and
red, opened out for display, some defaults in the envelope which is
understandable for such a complex mail. A truly magnificent
exhibition item of impeccable quality and the utmost appeal amongst
all French military registered mails as such. The gem of the
collection and undoubtedly one of the most important covers from
the French Military Expedition mails. Provenance: (1) John Sussex /
The Opening of China – Christie Robson Lowe (Zurich) Nov 1987 (2)
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman – Zurich Asia Nov 2000 (3) The
Nostalgia Collection – InterAsia June 2016
1862.5.27 廣州寄法國掛號軍郵封，貼20生丁x3，銷“CECC”殺手戳，另見法軍C局日戳、“CECC / POIDS
CHARGE numeral
box”戳記、CHARGE指示戳及欠資戳。此封品相極佳，為在華法軍之一大名譽品，萬勿錯過。貝克曼舊藏。2016.6
Interasia，Nostalgia集藏。1987.11 佳士得“John Sussex Collection– The
Opening of China”。
