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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2047

(x) Historical Documents
King Louis XIV
1650 (12 May) letter to the "gens du Comité du Royanme d'Escosse" in Scotland, signed "Louis", an early and young signature written when he was only twelve years of age. The letter with vertical cut to carry the royal seal (missing) with the manuscript endorsement "K of France"; some soiling at edges and along folds. The letter refers to his regiment, the Scots Guards, "Regiment de ma gardea escossoisea". From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

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