CORSINI MERCHANT LETTERS WITH SEALS; Trio to Bartholomew Corsini in Florence (after his return from London) inc. Dec 1602 EL ex Milan from the Porta Guild with wafer seal at top, 1603 EL on wmkd paper ex Pisa with a wafer seal at top and Salviati Guild sign on front and 1608 from Lucca with a wafer and part string seal at top and a Torregiani guild sign on front. Mostly fine. (3 covers) Cross Reference : ITALY, EARLY LETTERS, SEALS/WAFERS (Image)
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17th CENTURY MERCHANT LETTERS TO FLORENCE; Quartet with 1602 EL's (2 - both on wmkd paper) to Bartholomew Corsini ex Genoa and concerning sugar trade from Lisbon each endorsed 'pq' or 'pq 7' (per questo) an instruction to the Post to debit accounts for the cost of transmission plus 1627/30 EL's (latter on wmkd paper) ex Antwerp and endorsed on front 'fr Firenze' or 'fco p M' (paid to Mantua). Good examples of early postal endorsements. (4 covers) (Image)