ZURICH - RARE "ARMEE DE SUISSE/4me. DIVISION" + "ARM, DU RHI...

Hammer

£380

ZURICH - RARE "ARMEE DE SUISSE/4me. DIVISION" + "ARM, DU RHIN" COVER TO SION; 17 Feb. 1799 EL from "Zurique" (from a French soldier to his mother) to Laube in France charged "12" (dec.) with fine to very fine rare "ARMEE DE SUISSE/4me. DIVISION" on the front; plus c.1795 E to "Sion" (Switzerland) with "ARM. DU RHIN" on the front with fancy red handstruck "Le Commissaire/Ordonnateur en chef./A Mathieu Farisse" (matching red oval cachet over seal on reverse). (2 covers)Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR