Lot no. 9910

Double weight entire letter with 3 pages of text, franked with siège 10 c. and lauré 30 c. and 40 c., tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS R. ST. DOMQUE. ST. GN 56 / 16 DEC." addressed to a French officer 'prisoner of war after the capitulation of Metz' at Mayence (at that time Prussian fortress) with adjacent red "PD" without arrival mark; the entire re-folded at top and top perforation of the stamps slightly damaged where applied at the edge of the cover; a fine and scarce entire full of history, signed Calves