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I have been trying to make sense of it, but with limited success so far. It was cancelled in Wesel and I suppose the sender was located there and sent to Bielefeld. I believe it has something to do with the inspection of roads or even the construction of new roads, but my paleographic skills are not good enough to decipher the writing. Still, it is a beautiful object, with an almost complete wax seal still attached. I also love how this was a letter that was carefully folded in such a way that no envelope was needed.
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Nice Find !
Can you read clearly what's on the lacquer seal?
I can only read the lower part : BAU INSPECTIONS SIEGEL
The top part ends with "...SCHES REGIERUNG"
And I believe it is a prussian eagle.
Look at the following :
Imperial authorities: Military
-Königliches Preussisches General Militär Kasse
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I believe it says:
Kön. Preuss. Clevsches Regierung
and then like you say Bau Inspections Siegel
So that would translate to royal prussian government at Kleve. This is in line with my dating of 1818, since the Regierungsbezirk Cleve only existed between 1815 and 1822, after which it became part of the Dusseldorf Region and the Rhineprovince.
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The letter starts with
"Auf Euer Wohlgeboren geehrtes Schreiben von 10. M. ...." which is a standard polite formula to start a letter in these days.
I have to stare at it a bit longer to decipher how it continues.
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11:44:30am
What gets me is the incredibly beautiful hand writing. This in a time when "connected writing" is not being taught in schools anymore!
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I started transcribing the letter, which is not that easy. From what I deciphered so far it seems the writer is concerned with the state of the roads in the area between Münster, Bielefeld, Cologne and Dusseldorf. Some are in a poor state and need to be levelled. The writer states that he does not know if the French had done this. Napoleontic France was of course the de facto ruler of that part of Germany until 1813.
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Some time ago I bought a small collection of German covers and cards. An eclectic collection with some wonderful fieldpost letters (not only the covers, but the content was there as well) and - among many others - this letter that was written way before the invention of the postage stamp.
I have been trying to make sense of it, but with limited success so far. It was cancelled in Wesel and I suppose the sender was located there and sent to Bielefeld. I believe it has something to do with the inspection of roads or even the construction of new roads, but my paleographic skills are not good enough to decipher the writing. Still, it is a beautiful object, with an almost complete wax seal still attached. I also love how this was a letter that was carefully folded in such a way that no envelope was needed.
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re: A stampless cover from 1818 (I think from that year, at least)
Nice Find !
Can you read clearly what's on the lacquer seal?
I can only read the lower part : BAU INSPECTIONS SIEGEL
The top part ends with "...SCHES REGIERUNG"
And I believe it is a prussian eagle.
Look at the following :
Imperial authorities: Military
-Königliches Preussisches General Militär Kasse
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re: A stampless cover from 1818 (I think from that year, at least)
I believe it says:
Kön. Preuss. Clevsches Regierung
and then like you say Bau Inspections Siegel
So that would translate to royal prussian government at Kleve. This is in line with my dating of 1818, since the Regierungsbezirk Cleve only existed between 1815 and 1822, after which it became part of the Dusseldorf Region and the Rhineprovince.
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re: A stampless cover from 1818 (I think from that year, at least)
The letter starts with
"Auf Euer Wohlgeboren geehrtes Schreiben von 10. M. ...." which is a standard polite formula to start a letter in these days.
I have to stare at it a bit longer to decipher how it continues.
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18 Oct 2021
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re: A stampless cover from 1818 (I think from that year, at least)
What gets me is the incredibly beautiful hand writing. This in a time when "connected writing" is not being taught in schools anymore!
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I started transcribing the letter, which is not that easy. From what I deciphered so far it seems the writer is concerned with the state of the roads in the area between Münster, Bielefeld, Cologne and Dusseldorf. Some are in a poor state and need to be levelled. The writer states that he does not know if the French had done this. Napoleontic France was of course the de facto ruler of that part of Germany until 1813.
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