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  • Lot# : 5010 Egypt Kingdom

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    1800 (Oct 13): Entire letter written 21 Vendemaire, Year 9, from Minie to Citizen Jean Louis E. Reynier (who fought at the Battle of the Pyramids and the Sieges of El Arish and Acre) struck with superb strike of BENESOUEF. handstamp of despatch in red. The letter itself being a resumé of a journey south reporting on the behaviour of the villages in between and the crops purchased and arrangements for them being sent to Cairo. Just ten examples of this handstamp are recorded, this being one of the finest. Rare.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF