- £225.00
China. (Boxer Rebellion). 1901. Stamp-less Balsa wood Paper envelope endorsed 'Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine' addressed to France cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes Aux Armees 5 Chine 5' double ring '7th Jan 01' with circular Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine/ Le General de Division Commandant' in violet on face and reverse with Paris arrival '25th Feb.' A very attractive Balsa wood illustrated envelope from the Military Post Office in Tien-Tsin for use by the French Troops in the Boxer Campaign.
The Boxer Uprising was a violent and fanatical statement of anti-foreign and Christian feelings against the Colonial expansion in China and the East. This resulted in an international force of 55,000 troops from the eight nation alliance to repress it. French Troops were drawn from France and Indo-China but also from other French Colonies including a Balloon section. By 1902 there were seven military Post Offices in China.
