Indochina and the French Offices in China:
Use and Nonuse of the
French Colonial Allegorical Group Type
&
Indochina Military Mail Between 1893 - 1905

Figure 3. Unusual prepayment of the 15 c concession rate from Saigon with three 5 c stamps, to Bastia, Corsica, a desirable destination for mail from any of the French Colonies.

Figure 4. An exceptional concession rate franking from Saigon prepaid completely with low value Group Type stamps.

Figure 7. Military concession rate letter illustrating use of the CORR D'ARMEES BENTRÉ circular datestamp.

Figure 8. Military concession rate letter illustrating use of the CORR D'ARMEES SOCTRANG circular datestamp.

Figure 10. Failed military franchise letter from Saigon illustrating use of the colonial Trouvé a la Boite (Found in the Box) handstamp-rare on French Colonial mail.

Figure 15. Use of the 15 c franchise militaire stamp from the small village of Banghoi, Annam, in 1905.

Figure 17. Military concession rate letter from the small village of Moncay, Tonkin. Note the absence of special military datestamps, and the unusual military unit cachet: GROUP DE INDOCHINE ET DE l'OCEANIE.

Figure 18. Military concession rate from the small village of Sept Pagodes, Tonkin, in 1898.

Figure 19. Letter posted from a military unit in northwestern Tonkin in 1894 to Berlin, Germany, via Langson. The regular 25c overseas rate was charged as the concession rate was not valid to destinations outside of the French Community.

Figure 21. Military franchise wrapper sent from Tuyen Quang to Hanoi in 1903.

Figure 22. Military franchise letter posted on the military steamer Cholon and subsequently transferred to French Packet Line V for delivery to France in 1901.

Figure 25. Military concession rate letter from Pnompenh, Cambodia, illustrating use of the CORPS EXPED^RE CAMBODGE circular datestamp used exclusively in Cambodia.

Figure 27. Remarkable registered letter posted by the commander of the troops in Moung-Sen, Laos, via Khong, Cambodia, to France. Possibly the earliest recorded military letter from Laos.

Figure 29. Military franchise letter from Tché-Kam in Quang Tchéou Wan via the civilian post office at the small village of Tché Kang to France in 1900. This is the discovery copy for this office and one of two letters recorded.