Lot 2092

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”。