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1893-97 correspondence to the same addressee in France, five covers, four endorsed "Corps expeditionnaire di Haut-Mekong", bearing various markings, one with "Khone Cambodge" departure", showing endorsement of the Commandant "Hoch Khi Koang" (used during actual hostilities March 23-October 3rd; Khone was in Cambodia only in 1892-93, after the Siamese occupation, the Khone post office re-opened and no longer used "Corps Exped're Cambodge" pmks), another cover similarly endorsed and signed by the Commandant, manuscript "Ha Khi Koang", on back Pnom Penh Cambodge, Saigon-Central Cochinchine transit and "Corps Exp. Tonkin Ligne No.6" (of S.S. "Natal" at Saigon), others showing "Saigon Cochinchine Corps Exp" and "Corps. Exp. Tonkin Ligne N.8", endorsements from "Muong Sien", cover with Indo-Chine 3x5c, canceled in Saigon, last cover franked with 2x25c Indo-Chine, registered from Khong, Cambodge (the cds was prepared with Cambodge at bottom and was so used when the office opened in Laos on Nov.2, 1893). A rare group of five military covers used in Indochina and Laos, apparently not recorded by J.Desrousseaux
Estimate: $5000