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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 154

The Second Opium War
French Forces in Hong Kong
Bureau A
1860 (21 May) stampless soldier's envelope to Lyon, a member of the 102e Regiment of infantry, countersigned on the flap by the colonel, bearing a good strike of the "corps exp. chine/bau a" and handstruck "30", the reverse with Marseilles a Lyon and Lyon (13.7) c.d.s; soiled. Early use of this postmark in Hong Kong. Ex Lee Scamp


1860年5月21日寄法國里昂無票軍人封, 發自法國第102步兵團士兵, 並經由當時駐紮香港法國駐華遠征軍A基地寄出, 封舌上面有上校加簽. 帶清晰"Corps Exp. Chine/ Bau A", 及 "30" 印記, 封背蓋Marseilles a Lyon及7月13日里昂日戳. 較早使用在香港的法國軍郵戳.

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