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1793 Entire letter headed with a wood engraved design incorporating the Cap of Liberty, the cockerel and the all-seeing eye, posted locally in Martigue to the Republican Society of Needle Makers, emphasising the need to purge the germs of corruption, with "12 / LE MARTIGUE" handstamp; and 1801 entire letter headed with a fine wood cut including the figure of Liberty with the Cap of Liberty on a spear, and "REPUBBLICA CISALPINA", posted to Bologna. The Cisalpina Republic established by Bonaparte in Northern Italy in 1797, lasting until 1802. An attractive pair, ex Frank Staff collection. (2).
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