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Lot# 1314 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1314 Netherlands

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    1830 (Aug): Two entire letters from Den Haag to the Jewellery J. F. Bautte in Geneva, both with S'GRAVENHAGE datestamp in red, paid to the border in Thionville with rare framed "Franco Frontières" handstamp in red, French "T.F" meaning Transit France added in Thionville. The addressee had to pay 13 or 20 sols, respectively for a single or double weight letter to Geneva, Geneva arrival datestamps on reverse. Both items displayed and described in Schäfer - Postal History of Geneva on p. 151, the sender of both letters was Princesse Antoinette of Hohenzollern-Hechingen who had maried the Friedrich Ludwig Graf Truchsess von Waldenburg in 1808; they both lived since 1827 in Den Haag where he served as French Ambassador.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold