WAR OF LOUIS XV - VERY RARE POSTAL MARK of the POSTE AUX ARM - Lot 138

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WAR OF LOUIS XV - VERY RARE POSTAL MARK of the POSTE AUX ARM - Lot 138
WAR OF LOUIS XV - VERY RARE POSTAL MARK of the POSTE AUX ARMEES. Letter dated June 27, 1734 "AU CAMP de SPIRE" addressed by JUMILLAC, officer in the King's troops to Count DE St JEAN, "his very dear uncle" Lieutenant of the Marshals of France in Limoges. He worries about his health and compliments him on his convalescence, talks about the war: "the siege of Philisbourg may well last until the 12th of the coming month, Pce Heugesne has made a movement which is only to steal, a few steps to take us for a walk on the side of Mont Vrain or Vovines...". Wax seal with sender's coat of arms + MARK, struck in black, 32 x 4 mm: "AR: DE NOAILLES" - Letter in PORT DU, tax at 18 sols. SUPERB strike, very rare Pothion index: 24 (twenty-four!). Adrien Maurice de NOAILLES: Marshal of France, commanded the royal army during the 1734 German campaign in the War of Polish Succession.
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