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an old book with a green cover on a tabletwo pages of an old french newspaper with a picture of a manthree old papers with handwriting on them sitting on top of a tableseveral old papers and a piece of paper on a table
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171 - CUSTOMS: a collection of 49 decrees, laws, ordinances, appoi…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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CUSTOMS: a collection of 49 decrees, laws, ordinances, appointments, letters, bulletins and documents, mainly from the 19th century. Including a judgement sentencing Jean Randon to the stocks, flogging, branding (with a hot iron) and banishment for stealing a suitcase at customs, 1760. Small poster (41 x 26.5 cm): decree exempting customs officers from service in the National Guard (Year 7). Statement by the Duke of La Vauguyon to the Chamber of Peers on the law relating to customs (1814, 9 pages). Receipt for payment of import duty on a shipment of 650 kg of marble in 1818. *Journal de Paris* from 1791; letter of recruitment and posting from 1856. Letter from Lille seeking to influence the draft customs bill concerning a specific textile in 1824....
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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