£140
18th/17th CENTURY MAIL; Pair with 1592 privately treated (by vinegar vapour) EL (fragile) to London (Corsini) ex Hamburg following serious plague in London and rare thus; three other examples believed to exist and 1686 EL to Leghorn, probably scorched on arrival as are the others from this correspondence (from Pietro Vandeput). (2 covers) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, EARLY LETTERS
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