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.