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Lot# 1376 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1376 Poland

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    1839 (Nov 22): Entire letter from Warsaw to the Jewellery J. F. Bautte in Geneva with "WARSZAWA 22/11" cds in red, sent via Krakow and Vienna and paid to the border between Austria and Switzerland at Bregenz with '14' Kreuzer to Austria while the addressee had to pay '6' décimes in Geneva currency; the item displayed and described in Schäfer - Postal History of Geneva on p. 366. The sender was Prince Alexander Nikolayevitsh Golytsin (1773-1844), a reactionary minister of education in the government of Alexander I. He headed an investigation into masonic involvement in the Decembrist uprising of 1825 and served as the Chairman of the State Council from 1838 to 1841.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF