an old document with a picture of a man on a horse on it
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104 - [Marine] 1-Arles Town Hall / Bouches-du-Rhône department Arl…
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[Marine] 1-Arles Town Hall / Bouches-du-Rhône department Arles, 3 Frimaire, Year 10 – Partially printed certificate featuring a fine revolutionary vignette. Certificate of free passage authorising Captain André ???, a captain from Arles, to depart from this town with ‘the barge La Dorothée’, under his command, laden with wheat and vegetables and manned by six crew members (…) to sail to Marseille (…) ’ 1 page. Size: 29.5 x 24 cm. Minor water stains along the margins, otherwise a fine copy. [PASSPORT] 2- Pre-printed passport bearing the letterhead of the Puy-de-Dôme department/ Clermont-Ferrand District/municipality of Clermont-Ferrand (adorned with a republican vignette) authorising the citizen Blaize Beauvert, a merchant residing in Clermont, to travel to Lyon ‘and to lend him aid and assistance should the need arise’. Numerous signatures (municipal officer, secretary-clerk); administrative stamps. A fine copy. Dimensions: 32.5 x 21 cm. Appraisal carried out by Pascal GUILLEBAUD. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 06/18/2026 at 5:09 PM
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