Lot 2098

1900 (18 Aug) Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine cover to Cote D’Or, frankless, applied with “CORPS EXPED DE MADAGASCAR / LV No.2” cds and “2e BRIGADE / Regiment d’Infrie de Marche” rectangular mark. Arrived Cote D’Or (25 Aug). Troops from Madagascaer were the first French force to reach China after the Boxer Uprising.

1900.8.18 對華遠征軍寄黃金海岸，無貼票，鈐馬達加斯加遠征軍2局日戳及步兵旅方戳。馬達加斯加部隊為首批到達中國之法軍部隊。8.25抵黃金海岸。