RARE GENEVA "EXTRA COURIER" COVER, "SUISSE PAR/BIENNE" & OFF...

Hammer

£440

RARE GENEVA "EXTRA COURIER" COVER, "SUISSE PAR/BIENNE" & OFFICIAL CACHETS; 1799-1808 covers inc. v. fine rare red 1799 (PENCIL NOTE) "EXTRA COURIER" mark nicely placed on the front of an entire from Geneva to Arau endorsed "Ministre de Guerre" & "Par Courrier express" with matching red oval C. HELVET. REPUB./E.[29]/V./CENTRAL/POST/BUREAU"; plus 1808 EL from "BULLE" to Deschaux with v. fine "SUISSE PAR/BIENNE", and 1801 pair of official Es from Zug (with different printed headings - one with flags - inside) to Payerne(?) or Zug with oval cachets of War Ministry or Civil Admin. Scarce lot. (4 covers)Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR