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Lot 10047

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