£140 - £200
CIRCULAR "POSTA/CORFU/SETTINSULARE" MARK IN GREENISH BLACK ON SAILOR's COVER TO FRANCE; Fine small 10(?) Feb. 1808 EL (in French; full typed translation) from a French sailor to his father in Clamecy with a fine greenish-black "POSTA/CORFU/SETTINSULARE" mark nicely placed on the front, charged "15 [decimes]" with a fair claret-red boxed Naples transit mark. The letter includes; "After being at sea for 13 days we have arrived here... we ran into a fierce storm and by daybreak we had lost some masts... from the 3-decked flagship... the Admiral changed ship and went aboard the 'Magicien'... to search for 4 large vessels and 2 smaller boats which were missing. I'm in charge of all the repairs... Send my mail either to Corfu or to Naples, on which this island depends." Good early French Occupation letter.Cross Reference: IONIAN ISLANDS, FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR
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