368. Auction

1746, 19.5. entire military letter from the French troops at the “camp de herental en Brabant” to Nancy, black line marking “ARM: DE FLANDRE”, superb marking, 16 Sols fee, scarce

1746/48 small collection of 5 entire letters during the War of Austrian Succession with handwritten markings, among others “D’Hasselt”. “Ninove” and “De Ath”

1747, 19.2., entire letter from Tournay to the French Beaune. Black line marking “TR NAY”, 12 Sols fee

1748, 30.8. entire military letter from the French troops at Lierre in Brabant to Neuf Brisack, black line marking “AM. DE FLANDRE”, written by the army commander DUC DE BROGLIE, French Minister of War as of 1789, superb marking, nice wax seal on the back, 18 Sols fee, scarce

Undated military cover from the French troops to the lieutenant general of the Paris police, de Marville. Black line marking “ARM DE CONTI”, named after LOUIS – FRANCOIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONTI (1717-1776), field marshal under Moritz of Saxony, Although the “A” in the marking is missing, this example is one of the clearest items of this difficult marking. Certificate J. Van der Linden

1749, 28.9., entire registered letter from Antwerp to Lille, weighed 1 ounce, with handwritten “NNNB” marking, 17 Patars fee

1752/89 Collection of 13 mostly entire unpaid letters with line markings. Among others “DE HUY”, dry marking “BATTICE”,  “Spa”, “GRAMONT” and “Nivelle”

1758, 2.12., entire letter from the time of the 7-year war signed by KARL VON LOTHRINGEN, regent of the Austrian Netherlands 1744-1780 in Brussels to the mayor of the city of Louvain with the reference to the Louvain postmaster “a faire delivrer au moment de son arrive”. Nota-Bene note. Free from postage, historical letter with interesting content, nice dry seal on the back and autograph

1760, entire unpaid letter from Halle, dated 17.7., to Bruges with dry line marking “HALLE”, 4 Sols fee, scarce

1761, 28.11., 7-years-war, entire military letter from the French Army, staying at Stavelot to Paris with black line marking “ARM.DU.B.RHIN”. 12 Sols fee

1763, entire unpaid letter from Luxembourg, dated 19.9., to Brussels with black line marking “LUXEMB”, 4 Sols fee

1768, 4.8., entire registered letter from Namur to Brussels with handwritten “NB” marking for “Nota bene”, 2 Sols fee

1768/87, 3 entire unpaid letters from Tournay, Genth and Battice with so called “Fingerhutstempel” “T”, “G” and “B” in small circles

1771, entire unpaid letter from Flamisoul (dated 14.11. in Neufchateau) to Brussels with black line marking “FLAMISOUL”, 3 Sols fee

1772/84, 2 entire unpaid letters from Battice and Genappe to Brussels with handwritten markings of origin „Battice“ and „Genap“

1779, 24.12., partly paid entire letter from Colemanstown (GB) to Montpellier (F). Because of the war between France and England the direct postal connection between the countries was stopped. The mail therefore ran via Brussels. Brussels marked “D’A B” (d’Angelterre Brussels) in circle, 30 Sols fee

1781, 13.3., entire letter from “MENIN” (dry marking at the front) to Brussels, undeliverable there and forwarded to Ghent. Brussels stamped black "BRVXELLES" as Deboursé, fee first 3 Sols and then corrected to 2 Sols, interesting Deboursé-letter

1783, 10.4., fully paid entire letter with black line marking “BRVXELLES” to Ghent with very rare octagon P.P-marking with ornaments, no fees mentioned

1787, registered unpaid cover, dated 9.7., from Antwerp to The Hague, with red Antwerp circle-marking “A” and “Chargé-grid”, handwritten order of the sender “ NB indien Den Haag Eerst: Heer mag vertrocken sijn, dan ten eerste te zenden naa Leiden”, 6 Stuiver fee

1788, 6.5., entire letter from “LOUVAIN” (black line marking) to Brussels “te bestellen in de Hoogh Straet in den groeten Engel”. So called “Kastelijnsbrief”. From there the letter should be transported to Stallen. There the acceptance was refused with appropriate handwritten “Refusee” note, scarce

1714, entire partly paid letter from the Irish CORK (black line marking) to Antwerp, dated 4.9., handwritten “Paid to London 10 p”, carried by Jaupain, 6 Sols fee

1726, entire letter from Verviers to Nancy (F) via Liège, Marche, Sedan and Luxemburg, rare route via Luxemburg with handwritten “par Luxembourg” and “Liege”, 14 Sols fee

1728/52, 5 entire letters from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dordrecht and Breda (NL) with different fees, 1 letter with red line marking “HOLLANDE” and 1 with black line “D HOLLANDE”

1739, 7.3., entire letter from Copenhagen via Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp to Ghent. “Hamburger Ritt”. Handwritten and crossed out “franco Amsterdam” and Antwerps marking of origin “d’hamb”, 9 Sols fee

1749/79, 3 entire incoming letters from Vienna, Telgte (Kingdom of Hanover) and Dresden to Brussels and Vervier, different fees and handwritten transit markings

1773, 27.9., entire letter from the Dutch Steenbergen (handwritten “Steenb” at the backside) via Bergen op Zoom (perfect and rare dry marking B:OP:Z:) to Aalst, 2 Stuiver fee for the leg to Bergen op Zoom, in total 6 Stuiver fee

1774, 6.9., entire letter from the French Givet via Namur to Verviers, handwritten marking “franco Namur” to indicate the prepayment to Namur, black line marking NAMUR and 5 Sols fee for the leg Namur – Verviers

1775, entire letter from Monschau, dated 6.8., via Liège to Nancy with border marking “DE LIEGE”, 16 Sols fee

1781, 10.9., entire letter from the Marquisat Bergen op Zoom to Ghent, at the backside handwritten marking of origin “BOZ”, 4 Sols fee

1787, 26.5., entire partly paid letter from Colberg (Prussia) via Wesel (handwritten “Franco Wesel”) and Maaseik (black line marking as border marking MASEYCK) to Bordeaux, 35 Sols fee in total

1789, 1.6., entire letter from Menin to Paris to the Treasurer of the Swiss Guard with “M” in circle as marking of origin Menin, 18 Sols fee

1790, 1.8., entire registered letter from Magdeburg via Wesel, Maaseik, Paris to Bordeaux, handwritten “maseick chargé” and the red line marking “CHARGÉ” from Paris. The letter is glued inside with an adhesive strip

1791, 28.1., entire letter from Philippeville to Chamblon (CH) with black line marking P.VILLE

1791, 9.10., entire paid letter from a French soldier, lying “Du Retranchement devand Mauberge” (Fortification of Mauberge) via Dusseldorp to Gerresheim. Red line marking MONS and rare red P.P. marking in circle. 10 Sols fee

1791/93, 3 entire unpaid letters from the time of the first and second restoration of the Austrian Netherlands all with black line markings: OSTEND to Beaune (F), LIERE – Aalst and FURNES to Courtray, interesting historical background

1792, 29.6., entire letter from Mons, first transported to Namur by Estafette from the Royal Service Post Office and from there to St. Trond by Taxispost as a paid letter (black line marking “PORT PAYE”)