"PURIFIÉ LAZARET / MARSEILLE" cachet

  • According to "La purification des lettres en France et a Malte" by Marino Carnévalé-Mauzan, there are at least 2 different subtypes (52 mm and 50 mm) of this cachet known.


    The photograph shows a wrapper from my collection sent to Marseille (1836) with four slits (circa 10 mm). The cachet is 53 mm long.