FRANCE: Lot of 6 Post Office documents and autograph of Etienne ARAGO: Post Office card "Nouveau Tarif Postal 24 Août 1871" 25x20,5 cm; Instructions affranchissements Napoléon III 18/23 cm; Récépissé pour versement Poste de Sainte 1829, Lettre cachet "Cabinet particulier Postes" 1853; Direction Générales des Postes, nomination 1861; Administration des Postes 1848 signed Etienne Arago. Missing and damaged. RARE

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