cover FRENCH POST OFFICES: 1841-78 selection of covers and entires from Alexandria with 1841 market report to Marseilles with a good strike of the large, double-ring c.d.s., Malta Lazaret on reverse, 1848 entire bearing straight line "PURIFIéE á MARSEILLES", adhesive period with imperf. Napoleon Head frankings (3), perf. issues (8), one with "MOERIS" packet boat datestamp used on the return leg of its first postal voyage, some later covers and German P.O. card; condition varies, a good selection (29)