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1903 (Apr 14) Plain stampless envelope with very light vertical crease to Capt. Feist, De ‘l Infanteria Coloniale, Etat Major, Saigon endorsed Troupes D’Occupation du Siam & cancelled on arrival with Saigon Cochinch /Corps Exp cds & with blue double rimmed 38mm circular Detachment D’Occupation de Chantaboun/Le Commandant/Siam hand stamp………………After clashes along the Laos & Cambodian borders the French & Thais sign an armistice on 3 Oct 1893 & French & Cambodian forces occupy the town of Chantaboun (Chantaburi) & the small Sea Port of Pak Nam until a new Treaty of May 1904 when Siam finally accept the frontier accords & evacuates the Laos east bank of the Mekong, however the French occupy Krat (Trat) from 1904-7 when Siam ceded trading rights upon the French relinquishing Chantaboun …….mail is scarce