France (Offices in the Levant) 1873 Folded Cover Constantinople Smyrna
Folded letter, with contents datelined Constantinople, franked with 80c rose Ceres, bright color, tied by 5098 "Gros Chiffres", postmarked with black oval BM (Boite Mobile), Smyrna c.d.s. (19 Dec), red boxed "PD" and "Paquebots / de la / Mediterranée", to Marseille, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (24 Dec), light horizontal fold, small grease stain, else a fine entire and uncommon Boite Mobile usage from the Levant.
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France (Tunisia) 1868 40c Napoleon Folded Cover Tunis to Marseille
Folded cover, franked with 40c orange (oxidized), tied by neatly-struck 5107 "Gros Chiffres", postmarked with Tunis cogwheel (8 Aug), adjacent Tunis Par Bone / Algerie c.d.s. (9 Aug), to Marseille, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (14 Aug), a few small stains to front, filing fold, else fine and scarce.
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France 1801 ARMEE D’ITALIE Reggio Italy to Paris Stampless Cover
Stampless folded cover, docketed Reggio, 10 May, 1801, rated "7" in black manuscript, struck with black ARM. D'ITALIE straight-line, to Paris, reverse with circular "3" in black, light filing folds, a fine military cover sent two years prior to the first of the Napoleonic Wars.
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France 1843 Stampless Folded Letter BORDEAUX Forwarding Agent SHIP to USA
Stampless folded letter, with contents, postmarked Bordeaux (9 Nov), reverse with neatly-struck green oval "FORWARDED BY S. CONSTANTIN & SONS / SHIP BROKERS / BORDEAUX" forwarding agent handstamp, red boxed "P.P. (Port Payé), red SHIP straight-line and NEW YORK transit (Feb 15), to Farmingham, Massachusetts, a fresh ship letter.
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France 1854 Paris to Havana via England Stampless Folded Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents, handstamped PD in ed, postmarked Paris (30 Sept), to Havana, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp(24 Oct), UK "PAID" (2 OC) transit struck on front, "2" reales due and "NE" handstamps in blue, light filing folds, a fine cover to an uncommon destination.
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France 1855 5c green Paris Star “LETTRE AFFts de PARIS POUR PARIS” CDS Cover
Folded cover, franked with 5c green, four margins, close at foot and right, tied by star cancel, scarce "LETTRE AFFts de PARIS POUR PARIS" c.d.s. alongside (30 Dec), reduced at sides, yet a scarce and very fine strike of this c.d.s. and a desirable single franking. (Yvert 12)
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