No.13/GRANDE ARMEE COVERS SENT FROM MARCH ACROSS GERMANY INT...

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No.13/GRANDE ARMEE COVERS SENT FROM MARCH ACROSS GERMANY INTO POLAND - EX MARIENWERDER & THORN; 13 April + 27 April 1812 pair of fine ELs from French soldiers of the 1st Corps (under Marshal Davout) on the march across the German States and into Poland, each with mainly fine black "No.13/GRANDE ARMEE" mark on the front sent to Strasbourg/Montelimar (the first with v. fine small h.s. "3" on the flap). The writer in Marienwerder says "for three or four months we have always been on the road... I bought a horse to relieve me of the fatigue of the road", and the writer in Thorn (Torun, Poland) includes "here I am on the banks of the Vistula & in the center of Poland"; both would benefit from full translation. (2 covers)Cross Reference: GERMAN STATES, POLAND