£280
EARLY LETTER - COVER ENDORSED "WITH A BOX BY EXPRESS" + 'STIRRUPS' & DESPATCH TIME; 10 Oct. 1592 E (flaps folded like an envelope; slightly toned vertical filing fold through address) from "Ferr[ar]a" to "Imola alle Casette" (to the Lodge at Imola; about 34 miles in all) unusually endorsed on the front; "Con una scatola stafetta" and "Parte da Ferr[ar]a. a diece Ottobre 92, hore 20" - "with a box by Express [mounted] messenger. It leaves Ferrara on October 10 [15]92 at 8 pm". To further emphasise the urgent nature of this letter there is also a fine triangular 'Stirrup' endorsement over the word "stafetta" showing that the messenger was to be on a horse (the most expensive type of express messenger at this date). Rare early Italian States Express cover. Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL, ITALIAN STATES, EARLY LETTERS
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