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1885 (Aug 26) Stampless plain envelope cancelled Antibes / Alpes Maritimes cds along top endorsed Corps Expeditionaire du Tonkin to Captain serving with 23rd Regt. At Bantaire, Tonkin ….An armed conflict took place between the French against the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu’s Black Flag Army & Chinese Guangxi & the Yunnan armies for rhe control of Tonkin between June 1883 – April 1886 mail is not common..