£190 - £260
CRIMEAN WAR - GALLIPOLI - RARE USE OF FRENCH CIVIL P.O. "Gallipoli" MARK ON COVER EX BRITISH OFFICER IN TRANSIT; May 1854 env. (minor wear) prepaid to London (ex the Cocks correspondence) "Via Marseilles" with a very fine small rare handstruck French P.O. "Gallipoli" mark on the front with very fine matching boxed "P.P." mark (manuscript "13" rate on flap) nearby, having a 9 June Paris transit c.d.s. on reverse. Very few such letters are recorded with this rare French P.O. marking. Ex Piat-Dewavrin where sold for £420 Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, FRANCE
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