368. Auction

1699, 10.11., entire letter from Naples via Innsbruck, Augsburg, Rheinhausen an Wöllstein to Brussels with handwritten entry mark „fra p. ma“ = Franco par Mantua (similar to vdL 3415), 4 Stuiver fee

1713, 17.11., entire accompanying letter from Rotterdam to Nieuport (Flandres) with handwritten entry mark “franco Anvers” and “de holl”, on the back 9 Stuiver postage fee for the route to Antwerp and further 9 Sols fee to Nieuport

1701, entire letter from Malines (Mechelen) via Brussels (handwritten mark of origin “De bruxelle“) to St. Leger/Normandy, 12 Sols fee

1702, entire military letter of the army of Tallard from the Camp de Vanemberg to Strasbourg, dated 14.7., handwritten marking “pour Calesche d’lee Tallard”. 16 Sols fee

1704/1707, 2 entire domestic letters via “Pachtpost Pajot” from Bruges to Brussels – handwritten mark of origin “de bruges”, and from Mons to Antwerp – handwritten mark of origin “De Mons”, Nice pair

1704, entire letter (14 Sols fee) from Quesnoy to Lyon, dated 28.9., military marking “A.R. DE VILLARS”. Duke Claude Louis Hector von Villars was the commander of the French troops in the Netherlands during 1704/08, rare marking

1708, 14.8., entire military letter from a camp between Ghent and Bruges to Paris with the famous marking “AR. DE FLANDRE”

1702/04, 2 entire domestic letters from Poperinghe to Ghent, dated 23.3. and 15.2. via “Pajot” with handwritten marks of origin – one shortened to “ Pope”. Poperinghe was occupied be the French since 1678. Both 3 Stuiver fee. Nice pair

1703-1705, 3 entire domestic letters via “Pachtpost Pajot”, handwritten mark of origin “De Courtray”, “Tour” (= Tournay) and “menin”

1704, 2 entire domestic letters from St. Nicolas and Tournay to Ghent, via „Pachtpost Pajot“ with handwritten marks of origin „De St. Nicolas” and “tournay”, both 2 Sols fee

1707, 26.6., entire letter from Cadiz (E) via Lille to Antwerp. Handwritten markings from Lille “P.(ort) de Lille” and “Anvers”, 5 Sols postage fee for the leg Lille – Antwerp

1707, 31.7., entire domestic letter, carried directly by a messenger from Mons to Bruges, on the backside handwritten name of the messenger, 5 Sols fee in red chalk

1709, 4.4. and 29.4., entire letter from Cadiz (E) to Antwerp with two different fees - 12 Sols written by the staff of Pajot at Mons, this canceled and written 13 Sols by the staff of Jaupain at Brussels. Another letter from Paris to Antwerp with changed fee 5 to 6 Sols. From September 1709, the French occupied only the southern part of Belgium, for which Pajot was responsible. The northern part, liberated by the Allies, was served by Jaupain

1709, 2 entire domestic letters from Nivelles to Antwerp. Nivelle was still served by Pajot while Antwerp was already served by “Pachtpost Jaupain”. Nice letter with 2 different fees. In addition entire letter from Louvain (handwritten mark of origin) to Antwerp, served by Jaupain. Interesting pair from a turbulent time

1710, 11.9., entire domestic letter from Namur, which was still occupied by the French, still served by Pajot with early cursive marking “de namur”. 3 Sols fee

1718, 15.11., entire letter from Brussel to Bayonne (F) via „Pachtpost Jaupain”, very early line marking “DE BRVXELLES”, 24 décimes fee

1701/04, 2 entire letters with valuable content, carried by messengers from Brussels to Antwerp with handwritten marking “met 31 pont wisselgelt” and from Mechelen to Ghent with handwritten marking “met 15 pont 3 Shellingen”

1702/09, 4 entire messenger-letters with different notes on carriage by messenger “van den Loo veel”, “in de casse van de bode van brugge” and two different dry stamps “IC” and “PB”

1709, 29.1., entire letter from Lille by messenger to Ghent and then from there by another messenger to Antwerp on the backside handwritten name of the messenger “PVG” and “verschot tot gendt 2 St”, The addressee had to pay at last 6 Sols fee, marked in red chalk

1713, 19.9., entire domestic letter, carried directly by a messenger from Mechelen to Courtray, on the backside handwritten initials of the messenger “GDG” in red chalk, 4 Sols fee in red chalk

1714, 8.9., entire letter with valuable content from Ghent to Antwerp with an unusual notation of the fee in ink “7 Sty” and handwritten Marking from the messenger “met 4 : 18 wissel”. On the backside the sender wrote “avec quatre Luivres de gros et dix huit Escalins de change”

1717, 9.3., entire domestic letter, carried directly by a messenger from Mechelen to Bruges, on the backside handwritten initials of the messenger “J:A:V:C” in ink, 4 Sols fee in red chalk

1714/89 Collection of 13 entire unpaid letters via “Pachtpost Jaupain” and later Taxis, different handwritten markings among others “d’aude”, “De huy”, “De Namur” (2x), “d’ostende” (!), “Dypre”, “De Saintrond” (!)

1734, 5.11., entire registered unpaid letter from Malines to Lille, weighed 1 ounce (scarce), with handwritten marking “De malin(es) recoman(de)” and “Chargé" grid , 14 Sols fee

1737, 12.7., entire registered letter from Malines to Lille with handwritten “charge De malines”, 6 Sols fee

1743/44, 2 entire letters from the time of the War of Austrian Succession from WAVRE (black line marking) to Brussels (Cito-Cito) and from Antwerp (handwritten “d’anvers”) to Dunkirk, fees according to the french general-tarif from 1729!

1743/60, 2 entire paid messenger-letters from Diest and Antwerp to Brussels, typical “Franco” signs in red chalk

1744, 22.5., entire military letter from the French troops “au camp de Courtray” to Aneune (F) with rare black marking “AR DE SAXE”, named after the famous Moritz of Saxony, French lieutenant general and marshal, superb marking, nice wax seal on the back, 13 Sols fee, only few pieces recorded

1744, 13.6. entire military letter from French troops at the “Camp devant Ipres…” to Chambray, black line marking “ARMEE DU ROY”, superb marking,  4 Sols fee, scarce

1744, 29.6., dated military letter from the Austrian troops in the Netherlands to Brussels with rare circle marking “AA” (= Armee Autrichienne), no fees mentioned, only few pieces recorded

1744, 24.9., entire military letter from the British troops in the Netherlands from Anstein (betwenn Tournay and Lille) to Antwerp. Very rare circle marking “AB” (= Armee Britannique), 4 Sols fee, only a few pieces known

1744, 3.10., entire military letter from the Dutch troops “Au Camps de Helschin…”, written by Landgraf Guillaume von Hessen-Phillipsthal to his wife in The Hague. Very rare boxed “AHOL” (= Armee hollandaise), only few pieces recorded

1744, 18.10., dated cover from Mons via Brussels to Wesel, perfect negative marking “MONS”

1745, 1.4., service letter from the Count KAUNITZ-RITTBERG from Brussels to the Governor of Luxembourg Count WILHELM-REINHARD VON NEIPPERG in Luxembourg with handwritten “Service” at the front. Original autograph inside a nice dry seal on the back. Interesting historical military content

1745, 15.4., entire letter from Ghent to Brussels with negative marking “GAND”, 2 Sols fee

1745, 21.7., entire military letter from the French troops “au camp de Bost” to Ghent with handwritten marking at the front “Le Maal de Saxe”, nice wax seal of Moritz of Saxony, French lieutenant general and marschal, on the back, no fee mentioned