** ODIHAM (HANTS.) - LETTER TO PAROLE P.O.W. WITH "TRANSPORT...

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** ODIHAM (HANTS.) - LETTER TO PAROLE P.O.W. WITH "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR"; 8 Feb. 1810 EL (sealed with wafer; from the addressee's sister with family news and letters failing to arrive) from "Volore Ville" (near Lyon) to "M. Guerin, Lieutenant au 100e Regiment d'Infantrie de Ligne, Prisonnier de Guerre a Odiham" charged "6[d]" (inland rate from London) with a partly fine double-oval London "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" nicely placed on the front. Rare; only two other Odiham POW covers are recorded. [Not recorded in MFPWE.] Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, FRANCE, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL

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2nd Mar 22 at 11am GMT

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