French Period

Lot number 1015 Quality: ✉

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1795 Forerunner with contents, from Tournay, dated 17 Pluviôse Year III (5 February 1795), to L'administration centrale supérieure de la Belgique in Brussels, Herlant 27 (Tournay in red), very fine

Lot number 1016 Quality: ✉

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1800 Forerunner with contents, from Menin, Herlant 27 postmark ("91 Menin" in red in two lines), dated 2 Thermidor Year 8 (21 July 1800), to Paris (France), charge 9 décimes, very fine

Lot number 1017 Quality: ✉

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1809 Forerunner without contents, official letter with postage paid, to Paris. Red cancellation "P.er insp.eur G.al gendarmerie imp.ale", addressed to Salm Dick, Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, Member of the Legislative Body, Place Neuve des Machurins n° 4, Paris", rare, very fine

Lot number 1018 Quality: ✉

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1812 Forerunner dispatch with contents from Paris (France), dated 3 February 1812, to Solre le Château, misrouted via Enghien. The postman used the Herlant 15 departure cancellation, "86 Enghien", and added the text "Deb : De - 7 février 1812" by hand, charge "5 deciemen"; this cancellation is described in Herlant’s book on page 135, a unique item, very fine