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Europe and Colonies: French Offices Abroad
FRENCH OFFICES ABROAD
1443 1915, military cover to Alexandria, franked
with a wing mar ginal millésimes block of four of Scott #112,
sent to Al ex an dria with "Trésor et Postes 18 Oct 15 *410*"
mil i tary post mark, as well as a very vi sual blue cen sor mark
“Controlé par l' autorité militaire”. Un usual com mer cial mul -
ti ple us age, es pe cially with the cen sor mark over the
stamps rather than the cover; ad dressee par tially erad i -
cated, Very Fine cover. Estimate $200 - 300
1446 1868, folded lettersheet from Salonica to
Lyon (27), with an at trac tive sin gle us age, franked with
France Scott #27 with dot ted loz enge 5084 can cel, as well
as PD (paid to des ti na tion) and manu script Clyde (name of
the paquebot) all on face. Sent to Lyon via "Les
Dardanelles-Turquie" 23rd Sep tem ber 1868, then on to
"Mar seille A Lyon" 29th Sep tem ber be fore fi nally ar riv ing in
Lyon the same day. An un usual sin gle us age, cor rectly
rated cover, a very nice ex am ple; mi nor cover folds,
otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150
1444 1915, military cover to Alexandria, franked
with a stun ning block of four of Scott #27, post marked and
tied by mil i tary can cel la tion “Trésor et postes 8 Oct 15
*410*” with a sec ond mil i tary post mark “Corps d'Armées
Alexandrie, FR.” on re verse. A most at trac tive item.
Estimate $250 - 350
1445 1905, two post cards Smyrne to Mon treal,
Canada, two charm ing post cards from Lev ant, ap peal ing
20th cen tury duo, the first from Smyrna to Mon treal with pair
of Scott #25 on a post card dis play ing "tour juilare de Sa
Majeste J. le Sul tan". The sec ond post card also sent from
Smyrna to Mon treal, this time with Scott #26 and a view of
the Smyrna wa ter front (photo on web site).
Estimate $100 - 150
1447 1898, Box ing Day reg is tered cover from
Con stan ti no ple to Paris, France, an eye-catch ing cover
which has been opened for ex hi bi tion on three sides,
franked with Scott #2 in com bi na tion with Scott #78, con -
sist ing of 3 sin gle 5cts with millesimes, as well as two hor i -
zon tal pairs in clud ing interpanneau and two sin gles on
re verse, with the stamps on the back ar ranged to en sure
the cover would not be tam pered with dur ing tran sit; with
"Con stan ti no ple 26 Dec. 98 Turquie" post mark and ar riv ing
29th De cem ber with "Paris Etranger 29 Dec 98
Chargements", on re verse. A very at trac tive and un usual
ex hi bi tion item, full of char ac ter with its own story to tell,
Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400
196 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 13, 2012