PAQ.L'ORIENT. Clear strikes of straightline and "P.P.P.P." handstamps on folded letter from Leghorn, Italy, datelined "Livorne 22 Juillet 1785" and addressed to Philadelphia, probably routed through Dunkerque, as it has a faint strike of straightline and notation in dateline (see next lot), sender's routing "P. L'orient", carried on the fourth voyage of the French Royal Ship Agency's Courier de New York, departing from L'Orient on September 30, and arriving in New York on November 13, 1785 (45 days), manuscript "38" sols prepaid rate marking on back, manuscript "2" (dwt) due, Very Fine, a rare French Royal Packet cover originating in Italy

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