RARE INGOING COVER TO ITALIAN SOLDIER IN POLAND WITH 2 DIFFE...

Hammer

£480

RARE INGOING COVER TO ITALIAN SOLDIER IN POLAND WITH 2 DIFFERENT "DEB." "GRANDE-ARMEE" MARKS, ETC.; Remarkable small 12 Sept. 1812 EL (v. brief note ref. having sent the addressee 3 Napoleons in Lira) from "Brozzi" (nr. Florence) prepaid with a fine "P.112.P." mark on the front to an Italian soldier of the 14th Division of the 1st Battalion in the 53rd Regiment in "Glogau" (Poland) and so having the boxed red Paris "P.P.P.P." transit mark. But then much-travelled and endorsed "Silesie", "A l'Armee" etc., with spectacular backstamps; mainly v. fine black "DEB./Bau. SEDENTAIRE/GRANDE-ARMEE", v. fine red "No.16/GRANDE-ARMEE" and a partly fine matching red "No.16.DEB./GRANDE-ARMEE" (across the seal). Ingoing mail to French soldiers during the Russian Campaign is rarely seen.Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, POLAND, FRANCE