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** NORMAN CROSS CAMP (HUNTS.) - LETTER EX FRANCE TO P.O.W. BUT HELD IN PARIS P.O.'s "CABINET NOIR"; Very fine 1 Dec. 1806 E (unsealed; from the addressee's wife? but only the start of the inner sheet remains) from "Dieppe" addressed to; "M. Guilliaume Du Pont abord Du Corsaire de Wimeureux a Norme en Crosse" with fine red "P.74.P/DIEPPE" (without any Paris marks) on the front and "15C" prepaid rate on reverse, but clearly never delivered - letters sent soon after Napoleon's suspension of Mail exchange from 21 Nov. 1806 are thought to have remained in the Paris P.O.'s Secret Office ("Cabinet Noir"). [Not recorded in MFPWE.] Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, HUNTINGDONSHIRE
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