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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3131

(x) Autographs
Malta
1840 (8 October) letter from the Governor of Malta to Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, or Officer Commander of Her Majesty's Ships off the Port of Alexandria. He writes, "The Commander of a detatchment of Gun Boats belonging to His Holiness the Pope is about to proceed from hence to Alexandria charged with a Commission to embark some pieces of Statuary or other works of art and convey them to Rome, and I have been requested by the Cardinal Secretary of State to facilitate as far as may be in my power the object of his expedition. I take the liberty therefore of recommending him to your protection and Good Offices, in order that he may encounter no obstacle in entering the Port of Alexandria or departing therefrom on his return to Rome.. ". With the original envelope (faded on face) with two disinfection slits which are cut right through the envelope and letter and bearing the double-circle "purifie au lazarette/malte" struck in black. Photo

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