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** BRISTOL (STAPLETON) - LETTER EX FRANCE TO P.O.W. BUT PROBABLY HELD IN PARIS P.O.'s "CABINET NOIR"; 14 June 1807 EL (sealed with wafer; family news etc from the addressee's father) from "Mont d'Origny" to; "M Remy David, Soldat Prisonnier detenu dans la Prison de Guerre de Stapleton pres Bristol" with partly fine red "P.2.P/ORIGNY" on the front and without Paris marks but with "15 Centimes" on reverse beside red Origny "P. PAYE" mark. Probably never delivered - letters sent 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") - there is an oval thin (? from removal of the censor seal) at top right of the contents. [With Roumet 2018 Certificate of genuineness.] [Not recorded in MFPWE.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, FRANCE, BRISTOL
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