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    1800c.: Second page of entire letter from General Rampon to Général en Chef, Menou in Cairo, struck with fine straight line DAMIETTE handstamp in black, reported in use from January 1800 to April, 1801. Letter signed by Antoine Guillaume Rampon who was at the Battle of the Pyramids, the Sieges of El Arish, Jaffa and Acre, the Battles of Heliopolis (1800) and Alexandria (1801); General Menou succeeded to the overall Command of the French forces in Egypt after the assassination of Kléber in June 1800 and later surrendered Alexandria to the British. An extremely rare handstamp, Smith states just 7 examples recorded.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF