£400
CHESTERFIELD (DERBYS.) - COVER FROM FRANCE TO FRENCH GENERAL ON PAROLE AS P.O.W.; May 1812 E (clearly originating in France; some reinforcing of folds) to "M. Dufour, General de Brigade, Baron de l'Empire, Officier de la Legion d'Honneur, prisonnier de guerre as Chesterfield conte Derby"; charged "9[d]" (rate from London) with mainly very fine triple-oval "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" (light crease) on the front and London cds (of June 2) on reverse. Rare to a POW of such a senior rank. [Illust. in Renollaud, p.147.] Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, DERBYSHIRE, FRANCE
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