Lot 261

1904 Shanghai (7 Sep) to French military observer Le Baron Corvisart in French Legation in Tokyo, f.w. Coiling Dragon 1/2c, tied by faint double-ringed cds. Transti IJPO Shanghai (7 Sep).Attached with a slip printed with “1st Army Headquarter / French Legation Army Staff Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Corvisart” and applied with Iidamachi (13 Sep) arrival cds. Scarce example of foreign observer.

1904.9.7 上海寄東京之法軍觀察員Le Baron Corvisart，貼蟠龍半分，銷模糊之雙圈日戳。9.7經上海日局。貼有一張 印有“第一軍司令部佛國公使館武官陸軍參謀騎兵中佐男爵”之便條，並鈐9.13飯田町到達戳。珍罕之外國觀察員郵例。