Spanish Period

Lot number 454 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1459 Forerunner letter with contents, from Bruges, dated August 1459, to Venice (Italy), business letter concerning the banking affairs of Antonio Habassan; the letter took three months to reach its destination; a very fine letter seal (wafer seal) affixed to the envelope; further details with the lot (see scan), very fine

Lot number 455 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1679 Forerunner letter with contents, from Kortrijk (Cortrijck), dated 25 October 1679, to Ghent, ‘franco’ handwritten, postage mark ‘O’ in red chalk, very fine

Lot number 456 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1680 Forerunner letter with contents, from Kortrijk (Courtray), dated 8 November 1680, to Lille (France), no indication of origin or courier, postage mark I (1 sol), very fine

Lot number 457 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1680 Forerunner with text, from Antwerp, dated 27 October 1680, to Brussels, a nice red chalk line in the bottom left-hand corner, probably the postage mark for 1 sol, a nice letter, very fine

Lot number 458 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1682 Forerunner with contents, Flemish with beautiful handwriting (abbey), from Antwerp, dated 5 February 1682, to Gendt, postage mark ‘FR’ bottom left and on the reverse 1 red chalk line (Stuiver), a very nice letter, very fine

Lot number 459 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1682 Forerunner with contents, from Amsterdam (Netherlands), dated 25 December 1682, to Antwerp, postage mark ‘I’ (top left), 1 stuiver, on the reverse side handwritten ‘40:2’, very fine

Lot number 460 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1684 Forerunner with text, from Charleroi, dated 2 September 1684, to Brussels, charge 2.5 sols (2 full chalk lines and 1 broken chalk line), very fine

Lot number 461 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1692 Forerunner with Flemish text as content, from Ostend, dated 26 September 1692, to Antwerp, charge 5 red chalk lines (stuivers), very fine

Lot number 462 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1701 Forerunner with text from Soignies (Herlant 1), dated 25 January 1701, to Perwelz (and Brabant), the addressee is Mr De Burlet (noble), handwritten ‘cito-cito’, charge of 3 sols, very fine