Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 1159 - 222.-226. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 1159 Italien

    1674 (July 21) Smyrna (Turkey): Entire lettersheet addressed to the Venetian Ambassador in Constantinople, written by his French servant Antoine Maillet in Smyrna where 'the plague infection is still spreading'. Letter of particular historical interest  as the Venetian Ambassador Giacomo Querini had a very important role of the morean war (1684/99) as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Transcription by Dr.ssa L. Piccinini attached.rnrn 
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