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Lot# 3568 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 3568 Italy

    1729/1857: Group of five disinfected letters, incl. 1729 forwarded letter by Jacopo Finocchietti (Constantinople) from Smyrne to Venice, 1813 envelope 'Di Brindisi' to Verona, routed via Naples (where it was disinfected), Rome and Venice, 1832 letter from Munich, Bavaria to Florence disinfected on arrival  with vinegar vapour, showing two line "Soprinten.za G.le/Sanità di Firenze and sealed by red wax seal "I:E:R:SOPRINTEND.GENER.DI SANITA", further same wax seal in black depicting the 'Lorena's coat of arms', applied on reverse of  letter from Paris (May 21) to Siena as well as 1857 official letter from Rhodes to the Chief of Sanitary Rights in Naples showing fine strike of of DEPUTAZIONE SANITARIA DI RODI h.s. in black.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF