Lot 9913
Entire letter with siège 20 c. (partly toned and small faults), tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS (60) 21 DEC" to Colmar; on reverse manuscript notation, that the letter was held at Blamont due to Prussian occupation of Alsace; on reverse Blamont dispatch mark of May 20, 1871, transit mark of Belfort and Colmar arrival mark, on front tax mark "30"; the thin paper of the letter enforced in places; a scarce and interesting item
