Lot 40132 – 1794 Folded cover from Pforzheim to Lorraine with very rare “C.S” censorship

1794 Folded cover from Pforzheim to Blamont (Lorraine, France), with “DE PRORZHEIM” straight line vertically struck at left, “D’Allemagne” in Italic & “D’ALLEMAGNE” postmarks also on front, reverse showing very rare “C.S” circle handstamp (“Contrôle Strassbourg”) censorship cachet (mentioned in the Henri Gachot and the Senechal handbooks), with accompanying rest of red wax seal at right by the censor; only 16 censored covers were recorded by Spal in 2002, this being the only recorded from Baden exhibiting a “cabinet noir” censor handstamp.