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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1026

(x) Great Britain
Merchant Mail
Forwarding Agent's Endorsement
1585 (5 July) entire letter from Francisco Cambi in Cologne to Bartolomeo Corsini in London, endorsed "p q a" by the sender, and, in a separate hand, "Via alexa campri dicales ai 8 d Lo", and further "due denary" (2d. to pay); most exceptional showing routing, postal rate and date, this being the second earliest known fully dated and signed forwarding agent endorsement of the seven recorded from the Corsini correspondence. Photo

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe, 11 June, 1986, Lot 212

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£350