£300 - £350
1914-19 Covers and cards from, depicting or relating to various French hospital ships, comprising "Amiral Magon" (5), "Ariadne" (4), "Divona" (8, one postcard of Corfu with ship's cachet), "La Bretagne" (4, one cover with fine "NAVIRE HOPITAL MILITARE / La BRETAGNE / Commandant"), "La Gascogne" (2, card and front with blue "18e REGION DE CORPS D'ARMEE / SERVICE DE SANTE / Navire-hopital "La Gascogne""), "Sphinx" (card of the ship with boxed "Navire-Hopital "SPHINX" / HOPITAL"), "Tchad" (3, one with circular "MARINE NATIONALE / Navire-Hopital "TCHAD" / SERVICE DE SANTE"), "Timgad" (very scarce card from the Dardanelles with straight line "NAVIRE HOPITAL TIMGAD"), "Vinh Long" (10, four with "Transport "VINH-LONG"", three sent under cover), and 1917 postcard from Salonica showing Sisters of Charity acting as nurses on a hospital ship. (39).
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