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33 - PONTEVES-GIEN (de) Henri Jean Baptiste (1738–1790), Commande…
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Estimate €80 - €110
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PONTEVES-GIEN (de) Henri Jean Baptiste (1738–1790), Commander of King Louis XVI’s Naval Forces in the Windward Islands. A signed letter on one folio-sized page (aboard ‘L’Illustre’), 1 February 1789. Handwritten document, bearing the printed letterhead ‘Henri-Jean-Baptiste, Viscount of Pontavès-Gien, Division Commander, Commander of the King’s Naval Forces in the Windward Islands’. It appoints Mr de Bellot to the post of Lieutenant. A fine copy. Dimensions: 19 x 24.5 cm. Appraisal carried out by Pascal GUILLEBAUD. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Manuscripts, Philately and Bibliophilia
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 06/18/2026 at 5:11 PM
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