Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

French Forces - War of Independence. 1831 (June 15) Entire letter from Nauplia (‘Napoli de Romanie’) to France with scarce "QER GAL / ARM. DE MOREE" handstamp, backstamped upon arrival (July 8) charged 8 decimes, slit for disinfection. The Armee de Moree occupied the Peloponese in 1828 with the intention of ousting Turkish and Egyptian troops and aiding the Greeks in their quest for independence. Reduced to a skeleton force by 1831 the letter relates the writers recall along with General Schneider to Paris. Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 161.
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