Lot 2097

1900 (23 Jul) Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine cover to Sweden, frankless, applied with Corps Exp Tonkin Lig N. 4cds., alongside with French marine circular seal. Transit Stockholm (30 Aug), redirected to Dalaro (31 Aug). Very scarce destination. On 21 Jun 1900, Empress Dowager declared war. This cover was sent during the peak of hostility.

1900.7.23 對華遠征軍封寄瑞典，無貼票，鈐東京遠征軍N線4號日戳，旁鈐海軍陸戰隊圓戳。8.30經斯德哥爾摩，8.31抵Dalaro。甚少見之目的地。1900年6月21日，慈禧向向列強宣戰，此信寄於戰爭爆發初期。