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Lot# 3597 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 3597 Naples

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    1799/1811: "ARMEE DE NAPLES", significant exhibition collection on 66 pages containing sixty-six letters and nine documents relating to the French armies in "NAPLES" with a range of fine and rare cachets, including the rare "BAU E PORT PAYE / ARM D' ITALIE / MERIDIONALE", twice on cover, similarly two outstanding letters with the same cachet for bureau F,  "PORTS PAYES / ARMEE DE NAPLES / 1 D ON" on a letter dated 1805, a letter from General "GIUSEPPE LECHI" minister of war with "BAU C ARM D' ITALIE MERIDIONALE". Various cachets "ARMEE DE NAPLES" Nos 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8, "ARMEE FRANCAISE / DANS / LE ROYAUME DE NAPLES / No 3" a letter with a beautiful strike "DIRECTEUR DES POSTES DE L'ARMEE FRANCAISE EN CALABRE" and other rare items of mostly good to very good quality.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF