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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 180

The Second Opium War
The Final Northern Campaign
French Postal Bureau
Chefoo (Bureau B): 1860 (10 Sept.) envelope to Chateau-Landon bearing imperf. Napoleon 40c. (large margins) tied by a fine strike of "CECB" in lozenge with a fair strike of "corps exp. chine/bau b" and a light strike of boxed "PD" in red; there is an array of French backstamps including Paris transit (12.11). Some tears on the flap where it has been roughly opened and a couple of light stains on the reverse. A very scarce cover from this Bureau in Chefoo

The Bureau B was based in Chefoo between June and October 1860 before being relocated to Tientsin


1860年9月10日中國煙台寄法國Chateau-Landon 封, 貼法國拿破倫無齒40c. 票一枚, 銷 "CECB" 菱形戳, 及 "Corps Exp. Chine/ Bau B" 日期戳, 另有紅色框型 "PD" 戳; 封背蓋有不同的法國郵戳, 包括11月12日巴黎中轉戳. 品相尚可, 由法軍駐煙台基地寄出的信件少見. 脚註: 法軍B局於1860 年 6 月至 10 月期間運作, B 局總部設在 Chefoo, 然後遷往天津

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