SPAIN - MADRID/LITTORIA - RED "No.42/ARM. FRANCAISE/EN ESPAG...

Hammer

£110

SPAIN - MADRID/LITTORIA - RED "No.42/ARM. FRANCAISE/EN ESPAGNE" COVER + DISINFECTED LETTER; c.1812 envelope (chisel-slit for disinfection) from Madrid(?) to "Simmern" (near Mainz, Germany) charged "11" (10 dec. + 1 dec. for the envelope) with a very fine red "No.42/ARM. FRANCAISE/EN ESPAGNE" mark nicely placed on the front. Exhibition Quality. Plus unrelated letter (no wrapper) with disinfection chisel-slits from a French soldier at "Vitoria" to the Mayor of an unnamed town seeking news of his family. (2 items)Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, SPAIN, FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR