Lot 2153

ca 1920s from Frencch River gunboat "Balny" to Cochinchina, applied with "Forces navales en Extreme-Orient / Flottille du Yang-Tsi-Kiang / Canonniere Fluviale Balny" cachet and French Marine anchor ciruclar seal. Arrived Bien Hoa. "Balny" served in China since 1921 and it was decommissioned in 1940. In 1944, it was handed over to the nationalist government.

約1920年代法軍炮艇“Balny”寄交趾支那，鈐‘Forces navales en Extreme-Orient / Flottille du Yang-Tsi-Kiang / Canonniere Fluviale Balny”三行橫戳及海軍船錨圓戳。抵Bien Hoa。Balny號於1921年起於長江服役，於1940年退役，隨後1944年移交國民政府。