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1860: Postal stationery envelope Coat of Arms 5 kop. blue on invalidated 10 kop. rose, additional franking of ten examples 1866 Coat of Arms with Serpentine Roulette II 8 penni (strip of three, three pairs and a single adhesive, overall good quality, three stamps with perforation irregularities), all adhesives tied by small circle "WILLMANSTRAND 4/7 1868" cds's to cover to Diessbach, Canton Bern, with "AUS RUSSLAND über BÜR XI EDK.BRG / FRANCO 8 7 68" cds's in red alongside reverse with HEIDELBERG - BASEL T.P.O. and BASEL - OLTEN T.P.O. as well as Diessbach arrival cds's (10 JUL). Single rate cover to Switzerland, opened for display on three sides, the 72 p. rate is overpaid by 8 p., the postal stationery envelope was not taken into account for usages sent abroad, an attractive item. Cert. Nykvist (2003) Facit 6v1C2, SEK 26'000+ for a 72 p. rate cover to Switzerland.rnrnProvenance: Collection Silvain Wyler.

1672 (Sept. 10): Entire letter written in Spanish and signed by Ishac Arias, a member of the Jewish community of Surinam and addressed to 'Don Pedro Pereyra' in Amsterdam, including complete content mentioning several ships with their captains bringing several thousand pounds of brown sugar to Europe and telling from slaves (Negros) working on the plantations as there was fear of war: "....Los Negros quedon buenos, el temor della guerra, con la dilacion se va olvidando, no se dexa p(or) esso trabajar q(ue) se puede....". Fine and very early transatlantic letter with full transcription and German translation included. Only three covers from the 17th century known.