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Spanien - Vorphilatelie: 1798 Two letter contents (without the address) regarding THE OPENING OF A P

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Begin verkoop:
zaterdag 8 juni 2019 om 08:49
Item n°781072037
Einde verkoop:
donderdag 27 juni 2019 om 08:53
Lot:
#33318
Catalogus:
44. Christoph Gärtner Auktion - 27. June 2019 - Philatelic Collection Lots: Overseas, Thematics, Europe

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1798 Two letter contents (without the address) regarding THE OPENING OF A POST OFFICE AT MENORCA DURING THE THIRD BRITISH OCCUPATION (1798-1804)
1) Sent from Mahon 9 dec 1798 to the ship HMS Dolphin, present at the capture of Menorca, between Sir John Thomas Duckworth (Commander in Chief ) and Charles Stuart [sic] Stewart ( Adj. General). "I have the honor to transmit to you, by direction of His Excellency the Commander in Chief for your copy of an order he has informed to the troops , respecting the establishment of a Post Office in the island of Minorca, and regular packets to sail from thence to Gibraltar & Naples".
2) Letter (HMS Dolphin Dec 10th 1798) "I am favored with your letter of yesterday accompanied by the copy of an order the General, and Commander in Chief had found for the establishment of a post office in the island of Minorca...".
This correspondence are the ONLY KNOWN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HAND RELATED TO THE SETTING UP OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE DURING THE THIRD BRITISH OCCUPATION. An important piece of Menorcan (Minorca / Minorque) postal history under British occupation. VF.

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
Generous viewing and storage rooms, a private auction hall, enough parking space and an underground car park are available.

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Spanien - Vorphilatelie: 1798 Two letter contents (without the address) regarding THE OPENING OF A P

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