Lot Details

Privately Printed France/ Russia Commemorative Postal and Letter Cards, Wrappers Group,39 assorted mint and used souvenir items commemorating visits of the Russian Fleet to Cronstadt (1891) and Toulon (1893) and including a wrapper with a black border memoriam to the death of Tsar Alexander III (who helped forge the French-Russian alliance during his reign), also includes some larger cards (147x120mm) with French indicia issued as souvenirs of the Russian Fleet at Toulon (also 1893), mostly mint but including some used with added French franking (generally "Sage" issues), usual mixed condition with some faults but an overall fine lot of these unusual souvenirs