368. Auction

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...

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 S...

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...

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 ...

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 S...

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 &l...

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. Origin...

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 gene...

1746, 19.5. entire military letter from the French troops at the “camp de herental en Brabant” to Nancy, black line marking “ARM: DE FLANDRE”, superb marking, 16 Sols fee, scar...

1746/48 small collection of 5 entire letters during the War of Austrian Succession with handwritten markings, among others “D’Hasselt”. “Ninove” and “De Ath”

1747, 19.2., entire letter from Tournay to the French Beaune. Black line marking “TR NAY”, 12 Sols fee

1748, 30.8. entire military letter from the French troops at Lierre in Brabant to Neuf Brisack, black line marking “AM. DE FLANDRE”, written by the army commander DUC DE BROGLIE, French Minister of Wa...

Undated military cover from the French troops to the lieutenant general of the Paris police, de Marville. Black line marking “ARM DE CONTI”, named after LOUIS – FRANCOIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONTI (1...

1749, 28.9., entire registered letter from Antwerp to Lille, weighed 1 ounce, with handwritten “NNNB” marking, 17 Patars fee

1752/89 Collection of 13 mostly entire unpaid letters with line markings. Among others “DE HUY”, dry marking “BATTICE”,  “Spa”, “GRAMONT” and “Nivelle”

1758, 2.12., entire letter from the time of the 7-year war signed by KARL VON LOTHRINGEN, regent of the Austrian Netherlands 1744-1780 in Brussels to the mayor of the city of Louvain with the referenc...

1760, entire unpaid letter from Halle, dated 17.7., to Bruges with dry line marking “HALLE”, 4 Sols fee, scarce