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  • Lot# : 504 Imperial China

    1853 ( July 11): Entire lettersheet from Rome addressed to the French Sinologist and Diplomat Count Michel Alexandre Kleczkowski (1818-1886) in Indo-China, informing the Catholic missionaries of the papal announcement of Kleczkowski's nomination as "Chevalier Pontifical" of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, signed by Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (1775-1856) of the Congregation Propaganda Fide and countersigned by his successor and future Cardinal Alessandro Barnabo (1801-1874). Fine.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF