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Lot# 480 - 202-204 Auction

  • Lot# : 480 Peru

    1633 (Nov 3): Entire letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Luis Jeronimo Fernandez de Cabrera y Bobadilla (1589-1647) IV Condé de Chinchón,  addressed to Guancanca endorsed at lower left "Virrey" (Viceroy) and signed in full inside by the Viceroy during his term of Office (1629-1639). An extremely early letter from Lima - Pizarro arrived there less than 100 years before and mail from this period was mostly destroyed during the 1687 earthquake. Rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF