368. Auction

1687, entire letter from Poperinghe to Tournay with handwritten inky departure-marking “de poperingh” at the front. Poperinghe was occupied by the French as of 1678, 4 Patars fee

1688, 1.5., entire letter from the French occupied Roulers to Tournay with very early handwritten departure-marking “Roullers” on the front. 2 Stuiver fee mentioned by ink

1695, 8.11., entire letter from Tournay to the Taxis-office in Ghent, early mark TOUNRAY, 2 Stuiver fee

1695, 16.11., entire letter from Honschot via Yperen (handwritten departure-marking “D’Ypre” at the front) to Lille, 2 patars fee

1695, 26.4., entire letter from Ostend to Antwerp with handwritten ink-marking “JvG 26/4 ost” on the back, showing the initials of the messenger, the date and Ostend. 4 Stuiver fee

1697, 14.7., entire letter from Courtray to Lille, early mark COURTRAY, 2 Patars fee

1699, 28.3., entire letter from Vienna to Antwerp with rare handwritten inky marking “12 de Vienne” via the Taxis’ postal route Vienna-Antwerp. Only one letter of the bundle of each transport got a marking like this on the backside. 1 Shelling Brabant and 2 Grooten fee

1628, 4.4., entire letter from Arras to Antwerp. 1 Stuiver fee (red chalk) for a local letter modified to 4 Stuiver (blue chalk !) correct fees for the distance. Blue chalk is very scarce!

1635, 11.11., entire letter from Liège to Antwerp. Multiple altered fees because the addressee had to pay the fees periodical summarized, here at last 8 Deniers

1664-1698, 3 entire messenger-letters from Mechelen, Leuven to Antwerp with 3 different fees for the delivery according to the weight

1677, November, very heavy entire letter from the president of justice in Ghent to a lay judge in Nieupoort, 12 Stuiver fee because of enclosure of files

1681/82, 2 entire letters from Lille and Cologne to Antwerp with altered fees because of wrong calculation, interesting pair

1692, 9.12., entire letter from Rotterdam to the Taxis-office in Antwerp. First correctly mentioned 5 Stuiver but because the addressee had to pay the fees periodical summarized, here at last “d 10” = 10 Deniers

1693, 6.5., entire letter from Frankfurt to Lille (as of 1658 under French postal administration) via Cologne and Antwerp, where the handwritten marking “de Cologne” was added. Multiple altered fees to finaly 7 Patars fee for letters coming from Italy via Antwerp. Certificate J. Van der Linden

1695, 17.11, very heavy entire letter from the president of justice in Ghent to a lay judge in Nieupoort, 20 Stuiver fee because of enclosure of files

1634, 22.10., entire letter from Antwerp to Brussels, handwritten order for the messenger “Preseta 24. Octob 1634” to bring this letter to the addressee on this day. 1 Stuiver fee in red chalk

1642, 18.12., entire letter from Brussels to Antwerp with handwritten order for a higher fee in case of fast delivery “Port vyf Stuy Cito bestelt”, 5 Stuiver fee in red chalk

1686 -1687, 2 entire letters from Ghent to Antwerp with handwritten orders for the messengers, to bring these letters to the addressee on special days. 2 Stuiver fee-markings abnormally in black ink instead off red chalk

1698, 23.5., entire letter from Antwerp to Brussels. 2 Stuiver fee in red chalk, but unusual not in roman but in arabic numeral

1633, 2 entire letters from Cologne to “Antorff” (Antwerp), 6 Stuiver fee, and from Hamburg to Antwerp using the “Hamburg Ritt”, partly paid “1/2 port”

1637-1701, 3 entire incoming letters, Dover-Antwerp, London – Antwerp and London-Brussels with different kinds of fees. From 1633 there was a fixed postal course from Brussels via Antwerp and Calais to London vice versa

1662, 2.7., entire letter from Hamburg to Lille, via the “Hamburger Ritt” with early handwritten entry mark from Antwerp „dhamb” = de Hamburg (vdL 3376 – noted from 1692 only), 8 Stuiver fee

1666, 12.11., entire letter from Paris to Ghent, on the backside the rare initial stamp “IR” (vdL 1773), 6 Stuiver fee

1668/1670, 3 entire letters from Ghent, Ypres and Bruges all to Lille, which was as of Mai 1668 French territory. Entry marks from Lille in red chalk “g”(vdL 3419), “j”(vdL 3420) and “b” (vdL 3344), nice small collection of these entry marks

1672 – 1697, 2 entire letters from and to Amsterdam with different kinds of fees

1673, 15.8., entire letter from Nuremberg to Antwerp with handwritten entry mark „franco Colonia“ (not listed in vdL),  “D 8” = 8 Grooten fee

1676/1680, 2 entire incoming heavy letters from Cadiz and Sevilla (E) to Antwerp, “ß2:6” and “ß 3” fees = 15 and 18 Stuiver

1677, 10.12., partly-paid entire letter from Antwerp to Vienna with handwritten order “franca per aug ta” = paid until Augsburg (similar to JvdL 3394) . The addressee had to pay 3 Kreuzer

1679, 4.3., entire letter from Genua to Antwerp, “S 2:2” mentioned fee (2 Shelling and 2 Groote = 13 Stuiver)

1683, 18.2., entire letter from Nuremberg to Antwerp with handwritten entry mark „franche P Colna“ = paid until Cologne (not listed in vdL),  “D 6” = 6 Grooten fee, because the addressee had to pay the fees periodical summarized, Certificate J. Van der Linden

1685, 24.2., entire letter from Munich to Antwerp with handwritten entry mark „fra. P. AugSP:“ = paid until Augsburg (not listed in vdL),  1 Shelling Brabant fee

1686, 16.9., entire mechant-letter from Vienna to Antwerp. A very early partly-paid registered letter with the Austrian marking “NB #” for “Nota-Bene”, confirmed in Antwerp again with “NNB”, 1 Shelling Brabant fee

1687, 23.11., entire incoming very heavy letter from Cadiz (E) to Antwerp, “ß 5:4” = 64 Grooten = 32 Stuiver

1689, 24.9. and 8.10., 2 entire letters from Genua to the bankers Aronio in Antwerp, but forwarded to their main office in Lille and therefore changed postal rate. One letter with handwritten “d’Italie” on the front, to mark the country of origin, interesting pair

1691, 2.7., entire letter from Cologne to Ghent with handwritten entry mark „frpAnvers“ = Franco par Antwerp (vdL 3390), 2 Stuiver fee, Certificate J. Van der Linden

1693/1700, 2entire incoming letters from Alicante and Sevilla (E) to Antwerp, “ß 1:4” = 1 Shelling and 4 Groote fee = 8 Stuiver