368. Auction

1632 and 1697, two entire letters, transported by barge with handwritten markings according to this “met den mandeke” and “…p. Schip. Willem Corneliz Poes..:”

1633, 28.11., partly paid entire messenger-letter from Tournay via Grammont to Brussels. Paid until Grammont. Marking “port de grammont” as instruction for the addressee to pay the messenger for the l...

1642, 17.8., entire prepaid covering letter from Brussels to Antwerp, handwritten marking “francq mitens sacq gelt” and a bold “B” in black ink to mark the belonging package

1644, 19.10., merchant-letter from Lille to Tournay, handwritten notice from the sender: “Franco et par Ami – le port est paye et la response”, unusual marking for this time

1649, dated 10.4., entire letter written by Colonel Prince Moncada to Prince Octaviano Piccolomini, from Bruges to Pressburg “oder wo er anzutreffen”. Taxis-carried via Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg, N...

1655, decorative entire local messenger-letter to the council of Brussels, dated 8.9., with nice paper covered seal on reverse

1668, 10.11, partly paid entire messenger-letter from Lille via Ghent to Antwerp. Paid until Ghent. Marking “port de gand” as instruction for the addressee to pay the messenger for the leg Ghent to An...

1670, entire messenger-letter from Bruges to Ghent, dated 23.2., handwritten instruction “Dobbel port den 23. febr. S’avonts bestelt”, 4 Stuiver fee in red chalk

1675, 5.4., entire letter from Ghent to Lille, handwritten marking “Stigbeugel”, stirrup-formed marking as order for the messenger to hurry up, no fees mentioned, scarce

1677, messenger-letter Mechelen via Antwerp to Cruybeke, a hamlet with harbour on the Schelde, dated 5.1.. Handwritten “…int papegaaihuis bij het majgat”. So called “Castelijnsbrief”, the addressee sh...

1689, 11.1., entire messenger-letter from Brussels to Ghent with handwritten instruction for the addressee, to pay the bringer “double port addressé le 12 de janu.r mercredy a Six heurer du Soir” and ...

1693, entire covering letter Antwerp to Ghent “met een paxken porten”, postage fee 24 Stuiver

NINE YEARS WAR: 1692, entire military-letter from an soldier of the Army of Louis XIV, commanded by general Louis Francois Boufflairs from Liège to Yssingeaux  (F). Inside handwritten “a larmee de mr....

1693, entire military-letter, endorsed "De L'armee d'allemagne" dated 23.6., from an officer of the French, mailed from Brussel to Lyon. The “Armee d’Allemagne” had their main operating area in Belgiu...

1695, 19.9., entire military-letter, endorsed "de A. de flandre", written at the camp near Cambron to Lille. 5 Patars fee

1696, entire messenger-letter from Ostend to Antwerp, dated 22.3., dry-marking „IB“ on the front, belonging to the messenger’s office. So called “marques de messagers”. 4 Stuiver fee in red chalk

1699, entire messenger-letter from Ghent to Antwerp, dated 20.4., dry-marking „IC“ on the front, belonging to the messenger’s office. So called “marques de messagers”.  No fees mentioned

1699, entire messenger-letter from Ostend to Antwerp, dated 18.5., dry-marking „PM“ on the front and “J” in red chalk at the backside, belonging to the messenger’s office. So called “marques de messag...

1670, entire transit-letter, dated 19.10., from Cadiz (E) via Antwerp to Amsterdam. 10 Stuiver fee –mentioned by ink – for the leg to Antwerp and 4 Stuiver to Amsterdam, total 14 Stuiver. Early transi...

1701, 17.11., entire letter from Amsterdam to Quimper (F). Marking “D·HOLLANDE” from Lille, in use as of 1698 ! 21 Sols fee

1640, 18.5., entire letter from Valenciennes to Ghent with handwritten departure-marking “Val” in red chalk. 4 Stuiver fee

1643/98, 2 entire domestic-letters, Dunkirk to Antwerp and Bruges to Antwerp, unusually carried by Taxis-Post. Different fees

1647, 23.6., entire letter from Bruges to Antwerp with handwritten departure-marking “b” in red chalk. 4 Stuiver fee

1653, 2.2., entire letter from Yperen to Antwerp with handwritten departure-marking “Ypre” in red chalk on the backside. 4 Stuiver fee

1660, 28.6., entire letter from Tournay (Doornik) to Antwerp with handwritten departure-marking “dorniyck” in red chalk. 3 Stuiver fee