1745/1997, attractive group of over 150 covers and cards, mostly used before the 1930s, good range of frankings and cancellations, incl. French paquebots lines, private perfins, Chinese native envelope endorsed "Corps expéditionnaire de Chine" with adjacent cds. "TRÉSORS et POSTES AUX ARMÉES - CHINE 5 - 12 DEC 00", arrival cds. "BESANÇON" on reverse, scarce Ethiopian registered postcard with cds. "HARAR 17 12 05" to Vienna with mixed franking Ethiopia-French Somalian Coast, certificate J-F Brun (2017), etc., also a few illustrated postcards, parcel cards and loose stamps; overall condition fine to very fine, a stirring assembly
