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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1027

(x) Great Britain
Merchant Mail
Forwarding Agent's Endorsement
Two entire letters from Francisco Cambi in Cologno to Bartolomeo Corsini in London: 1585 (28 June) endorsed Via d'Alex Campary di Cales a 13 d Lo" and "due denares" (due 2d.); Also 1585 (19 July) endorsed in separate hand "per via solita di Cales a 5 d'ag[us]to" (via the usual route from Calais) with the rate "pq due denary" (2d. to pay), this entire noted by Robson Lowe as "of paramount postal history interest". Both exceptional showing full agent's endorsement.

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe, 11 June, 1986, Lot 211
Ibid, 4 September, 1984, Lot 161

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£350