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Sale 98: The Transportation Sale

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January Flights - Poste de Paris through Général Cambronne

Lot 4179    

1871 (Jan. 23) Paris to Great Britain, folded letter to London, postmarked "Paris R. d'Antin, 23 Jan. 1871" double circle, franked with 40c Empire Lauré (10c overpaid) tied by numeral "8" star cancel, backstamped "London Jan 27 70" arrival postmark, Very Fine, carried by the Torricelli.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Letter is in English, by an English prisoner in a Paris jail, and notes "We have food for yet a good while. It is really enormous to think what stock Paris has. Just think of feeding two millions of souls during more than four months. It is more than I ever would have believed… As I write these lines, the cannon is groaning but Paris is immense and the shells can only reach the far quarters of the city situated near the ramparts."
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Realized: $600

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