Letter from Augsburg 1775

    Hello Pixie,

    as this letter has no handstamp and manual taxes, it had never seen the imperial Taxis - Post.

    Postletters at that time received a Handstamp of Augsburg or the sender wrote "Augspurg" on top of the letter. The sender usually paid a certain fee to a known taxpoint or border, that was written on the reverse side.

    As you don´t show us the reverse side, I suppose there will be written nothing.

    The 2nd part of the route had to be paid by the addressee. This was noticed on the front side of the letter.

    As all these marks are missing, you can be sure that it was sent with a tradesman, most likely followed by some goods that were sold from Augsburg to Botzen (Bolzano today).

    Liebe Grüsse von bayern klassisch

    P.S. As there was a problem with your E-Mail adress, I couldn´t answer your E-Mai beforel.

    Hello Bayern Klassisch!

    Thank you so much for your kind and prompt answer.
    I translated your message for our young friend (who obviously has been doing other things this weekend) and he is pleased and grateful. He has also forwarded images of the reverse side and the content. I will show you only the sender's signature - am I right to believe this is from the noble house of Brentani/Brentano?
    I am a bit confused now, but the place of origin does not seem to be Augsburg, but rather Mezzegra? We have perhaps paid too much attention to the note added?
    With all the kindest regards from Andreas and me

    PS
    the "spiral" over the address: what kind of a sign is that? Is it common on messages from those years?

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    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von Pixie (7. März 2010 um 19:20)

    Hello,

    i don´t know, if this letter was written from the Brentano - Family, but that could be.

    The ornament on the frontside is just an ornament, nothing more. those spirals were nothing special at that time.

    Augusta = Augsburg. This is/was the Italian name for Augsburg. So the letter was sent from Augsburg, no doubt about it.

    Yours,
    bayern klassisch

    Pleasure, boys. :)

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von bayern klassisch (7. März 2010 um 19:59)