Lot 20454 – 1812 (Dec 6) Entire letter from Warsaw (Poland), « N°. 4./GRANDE ARMÉE »

1812 (Dec 6) Entire letter from Warsaw (« Varsavia ») to Siena (Tuscany), with very fine « N°. 4./GRANDE ARMÉE » two-line postmark in red, collecting the single « 12 » decimi rate on arrival. Interesting contents in Italian stating the « diabolic cold » and: « we have here a French military mail which is very safe, and also economically convenient, as it is not compulsory to frank the letter » (he did not consider that the postage was paid by the recipient!); « we wait for the nice weather to proceed to the H.Q. of the Emperor, who is now in Vilnius. It is said that maybe the Emperor will come to spend some days in Warsaw », giving also details of the defeat of the Russian Army returning from the war in Turkey and the interception of a Russian courier with an order of Alexander I, continuing with « this brave, noble, courageous Polish nation makes miracles, and the fanaticism for the French and the Emperor are the ‘non plus ultra’ « . A very rare and fascinating mail from an Italian in the « Grande Armée » in Poland.