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14th Auction June 2010 - Auction | Lot: 23010

Starting Price: 100.000 € | Hammer Price: 110.000 €

Prices excluding buyers premium and taxes.

 

Printed matter (PPM) for businesses Printed letters including official mail and forms PO charges on mail improperly sent or underpaid and Nachname Prices Current for businesses Papiers d'Affaires (France) Newspapers National and local Elections Parliamentary proceedings Jury and Sheriff Notices Birth, Confirmation and Marriage documents Taxes on goods and property and income tax Life assurance policy letters and notices of Death Literary and non-political circulars Postage rates range from Netherlands 5 cents (approximately 1 British penny), 1 French centime (1c. approximately equals 0.1 British penny) and multiples up to 560 drachmae France to Greece, Serbia 2 paras, Luxembourg 1c., Belgium 1c., Italian States ½ grano, 1 quattrino and others, Russia 1 kopeck and multiples of these rates. A summary of the content of the collection follows: Territories linked in some way to Britain Portugal had a currency based on a gold standard similar to Great Britain though not as comprehensive. Netherlands used a currency that was virtually identical in value to sterling. Portugal 1 item Netherlands 10 items Switzerland 16 items Pre-curser 1843 1 item Basle 1 item 'Waadt 5' 1 item Orts Post 1 item Rayon I and II 3 items 'Helvetia' 9 items Territories linked to each other through the Latin Monetary Union Belgium 16 items Alsace Lorraine 2 items France 74 items Notice of birth, confirmation, marriage and death 10 items Business matters 23 items Papiers d'affaires 5 items Newspapers 5 items Life Assurance 1 item Legal 11 items Official 1 item Election 4 items Postage Due 1 item Taxation 8 items Literary 5 items The variety in both countries arose from specific Post Office Regulations and response to the needs of business. Italian States 28 items States and Kingdom of Italy 7 items Pre-curser 1 item Austrian Italy 4 items Modena 4 items Naples 3 items Papal States 1 item Sardinia 1 item Sicily 1 item Tuscany 2 items Switzerland 16 items Pre-curser 1843 1 item Basle 1 item 'Waadt 5' 1 item Orts Post 1 item Rayon I and II 3 items 'Helvetia' 9 items Greece 3 items Serbia 8 items Turkey 1 item Luxembourg 6 items (linking Latin Union territories to the German DOPV – postal union German States 34 items Baden 4 items Bavaria 7 items Hamburg 1 item Hannover 6 items Mecklenberg-Schwerin 3 items Oldenburg 2 items Prussia 4 items Prussia used in Hamburg 1 item Saxony 1 item Schleswig-Holstein 1 item Thurn and Taxis 2 items North German Confederation 2 items Austro-German Empire 15 items Austria 7 items Austria used in Hungary 4 items Hungary 4 items Scandinavian Union 3 items Norway 2 items Sweden 1 item Russian Empire 8 items Finland 2 items Russia 6 items

 

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