FRANCE - CITY OF TOURS ANCIEN REGIME (36 - 37) - 8 LETTERS WITH DIFFERENT POSTMARKS BEFORE THE STAMP: - postage due, linear mark 3 x 19 mm (Lenain no. 3) - July 3, 1787. - postage due, linear mark 5 x 20 mm (Lenain 2) - June 10, 1755. - postage due, linear mark 5 x 25 mm (Lenain 4) - September 27, 1790. - postage due, numbered mark 14 x 38 mm - 15 vendémiaire an VII (1799). - postage paid, numbered mark 10 x 27 mm - June 20, 1809. - postage due, numbered mark 12 x 24 mm - March 2, 1821. - postage due, number mark 11 x 25 mm + type A date stamp - May 28, 1827. - postage due, number mark 11 x 26 mm + type A date stamp - August 4, 1829.

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