£550
** BISHOPS CASTLE - LETTER EX FRANCE TO P.O.W. WITH "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R./PRISONERS OF WAR"; Fine 29 Dec. 1813 EL (long interesting family letter - written by two people; well worth transcribing) from "Rennes" unusually addressed in full to; "M. Constant Regnier, Armant de Marine, fait prisonnier en 1803 sur la Corvette L'Impatiente, Capitaine Arnou, au cautionnement de Bishops Castle in Shrop." charged "10" (from London; 25 Mar. 1814 cds on back) with mainly very fine oval "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R./PRISONERS OF WAR". Very attractive and one of only three recorded covers to/from Bishop's Castle Napoleonic POWs. [With 2020 Roumet cert.] [Not recorded in MFPWE.] Cross Reference: SHROPSHIRE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FRANCE
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