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129 - [NORTH / NAVIGATION] – Correspondence from François Vigoureu…
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Estimate €200 - €250
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[NORTH / NAVIGATION] – Correspondence from François Vigoureux, captain of the three-masted ship *La Marie*, and from Verena Collet on behalf of Collet-Taverne, a shipowner in Dunkirk: 19 items, including some fine postmarks Destinations of the letters: Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Saigon, Hanoi, Macao, Belle-Isle, Singapore 10 May 1866: ‘The first [letter] informs me of your safe arrival in Havana after a fine crossing, having lost only three emigrants – a very satisfactory result […] the second informs me of the chartering of the Verena Collet to load sugar at Havana for Belle-Isle, on instructions (Le Havre, Saint-Nazaire or Bordeaux) at the low freight rate of 56 francs per tonne of 1,000 kgs net customs weight…’
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About the sale Catalogue sale of antique and modern books, engravings and documents
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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