383rd Auction

1634, entire letter from Brussels to Saint Nicolas, Waes Province, fully dated and signed inside by Francisco de Moncada, governor of the Spanish Netherlands; official paper seal with a few ink spots, fine and scarce autograph

1634, entire letter from Antwerp to Brussels with red chalk postage notation 1 Stuiver fee, presentation note “Preseta 24. Octob 1634”, fully dated inside 22 October 1634. A very fine mail

1673, entire letter from Amsterdam to Anvers with postage due annotation "ß 1:2" (1 schelling brabant and 2 grooten), fully dated inside 27 October 1673, fine and scarce mail sent during the Franco-Dutch War (1672/78)

1682, entire letter from Brussels to Nieuport, fully dated and signed inside by "Othon Henry Marquis dal Carretto, Savona et Grana", general captain and governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1682 on, red chalk postage annotation "VI" Stuiver fee and official paper seal, some slight aging inside the manuscript, fine and scarce autograph

1699, folded entire from Anvers to Bruxelles, endorsed on obverse per ship post, fully dated on the inside flap, very fine and most unusual early mail by barge 

"ARM DECONTI" (Lenain SA48), fair strike on undated military lettersheet without content to "Monsieur de Marville, lieutenant general de Police" in Paris, with postage notation "5" Sols overwritten. Some slight aging, still one of the finest examples known of this rare marking from the French troops used in 1746 during the Flanders Campaign. Certificate Van der Linden AIEP (2010)

"ARM:DE FLANDRE", very fine strike on folded entire to Nancy, handwritten on the inside "au camp de herental en Brabant le 19 mai 1746", additional manuscript "armé de flandre" on the back flap and postal annotation "16" Sols fee, fine and scarce French military mail during the Austrian Succession War (1740/48)

"B:OP:Z:" BERGEN OP ZOOM (unrecorded in Herlant), superb dry strike as a transit mark on 1773 entire letter from Steenberger to Aalst, with red postage notation "2" and final total "6" Stuiver fee, handwritten "Steenb" on the backside, extremely fine and very scarce

"BRUXELLES", in manuscript on 1700 entire letter with full content to Gouy, fine and rare usage during the Spanish Netherlands period (Herlant-Nr. 2, rated 30)

"COURTRAY" (Herlant-Nr. 4, rated 30), superb strike on entire letter to Menin, very scarce mail sent during the Nine Year´s War

"D(e) L´. (armée) de Flandre", in manuscript on entire letter to Dijon, France, written and dated inside in French "au Camp de Corbek le 13 avril 1705", postage annotation "15", fine and very scarce mail sent during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701/13), certificate Roumet RSP (2015)

"De NAMUR" early cursive, very fine strike on 1710 entire letter from Namur to Anvers, served by Pajot and with postage due annotation "3" Sols fee; very fine and unusual Spanish Succession War mail during the French occupation of the city (1701/12)

"NAMUR", fine strike on 1774 entire letter from Givet, France via Namur to Verviers, together with handwritten “franco Namur” to indicate the prepayment to Namur and 5 Sols fee for the distance Namur – Verviers, very fine

"NINOVEN", in manuscript on 1618 entire letter on parchment with full content from Ninove to Anvers, endorsed on the backside "Port", fine and very rare early usage from this village in East Flanders

"TR NAY" TOURNAY, fine strike on 1747 entire letter from Tournay to Beaune, France, with postage due annotation "12" sols fee, endorsed inside "Tournay 19 février 1747", fine mail from the French Occupation of the city (1745/49) during the Austrian Succession War

1616/1845, compelling collection of 28 covers, strength in the 17th and 18th centuries, many interesting and scarce items like 1696 Anvers Messenger marks "IB", "IC" (Harlant-Nr. 1-2), 1708 military mail with one line "AR:DE FLANDRE", numerous postal fees annotations, postmarks and transit marks with "HOLLANDE PAR HAMONT", "NAMUR PORT PAYE", circular bluish "DAB", red two-line cursive "D Pal de la Poste Dép. de la Hollande",  1793 red "MALINES", etc., together with two maps; very fine throughout, a highly specialized connoisseur´s assembly

1648/1730 (ca.), group of five folded entires, mostly sent to or from Anvers, various postage annotations, fine to very fine