1918, From Algiers to LISBURN, Ireland, cover bearing black
circular cancel ALGER 1416 25 6 18, pink boxed sender cachet
MISSION MILITAIRE
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€.
