Los 2325
Algerien

1918, From Algiers to LISBURN, Ireland, cover bearing black circular cancel ALGER 1416 25 6 18, pink boxed sender cachet MISSION MILITAIRE DE RAVITAILLEMENT ARMEE BRITANNIQUE ALGER, routed via England on reverse with LISBURN 4 JY 18 arrival cancel, French military correspondence from Algeria to Ireland during World War I, wartime correspondence from French North Africa to neutral Ireland via British postal system, scarce WWI routing and destination, correspondence originating from the French military supply mission in ALGER linked to Anglo-French coordination efforts during the final phase of the Great War, strategic presence of French forces in colonial Algeria contributing to Entente logistics, LISBURN as a receiving point in then-British Ireland highlights the neutral but complex status of Ireland during 1918 under the backdrop of post-Easter Rising tensions and increasing nationalist aspirations, rare interplay of colonial and insular postal histories, associated with the broader Entente supply chain logistics and potential figures such as General Louis Franchet d’Espèrey who directed Balkan and North African coordination efforts, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 500€.