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Stamps

Another beautiful historical letter is presented
on page 200 with a splendid vignette.
Letter dated 26 April 1798 written in Milan on 8
March, at the headquarters of the Army of Italy,
by Guillaume Brune, the general in chief who had
replaced Berthier. He would be transferred to
another position on 31 October 1798, in order to
lead the French forces in Batavia.
Provision of 50,000 livres to the chief authorising
officer of the Army of Italy, Philippe Aubernon.
Very pretty vignette engraved on steel, probably
representing the crowned Patrie (motherland),
seated on a plinth, holding in her right hand a
spear adorned with a Phrygian cap and, in her
left hand, a cornucopia overflowing with fruits
of the land. Behind the plinth, flags, a rifle barrel
and a howitzer on the right.

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