1919, from Hanoi to Brunoy, postcard showing the Square Jules Ferry
and Petit Lac in Hanoi, sent under concessionary military
1919, from Hanoi to Brunoy, postcard showing the Square Jules Ferry
and Petit Lac in Hanoi, sent under concessionary military mail
regulations without franking, large violet circular cachet MISSION
MILITAIRE FRANCAISE D AERONAUTIQUE AU JAPON LE CHEF DE MISSION
depicting the figure of Liberty, handwritten dateline 1 January
1919, hexagonal maritime transit cancel MARSEILLE YOKOHAMA No 3
dated 5.1.1919, carried via Japan and routed through Marseille to
France, addressed with civilian handwriting and pencil message,
rare and historically rich usage from the French military
aeronautical mission stationed in Japan, illustrating logistical
and diplomatic ties between Indochina and Japan in the immediate
postwar period, colonial visual culture meets military postal
history, Ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 200€.
