Lot 611 French Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War, 1854 (July 25), cover from General Couston in Camp near Varna, Bulgaria, to his wife in France, franked with 1853 10c yellow-bistre horizontal pair with marginal “filet d’encadrement”, large margins but selvedge folded over edge of envelope, tied by black “AOB” dotted lozenge and struck with circular “ARMÉE D’ORIENT / BAU SEDre” c.d.s, reverse with Nimes arrival backstamp (5 Aug), some docketing over address, but a rare Crimean War cover, signed Todd; ex Francois X. Piat Dewavrin Grand Prix Collection of The British Army and the Crimean War. (Yvert 13) Estimate C$750.
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