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- Henry A. Meyer Collection of French Revolutionary covers and documents, part 2
Henry A. Meyer Collection of French Revolutionary covers and documents, part 2
Object Details
- Description
- Henry A. Meyer Collection of Napoleonic and French Revolution Covers and Documents, part 2, Vol. 3-7
- The Henry A. Meyer Collection of Napoleonic and French Revolution Covers and Documents is composed 14 volumes divided in five parts by accession lots: 1979.0098 (Volumes 1/2); 1981.0819 (Volumes 3-7); 1983.0780 (Volumes 8/9); 1985.0026 (Volumes 10/11) and 1986.0025 (Volumes 12-14)
- Part 2 (Volumes 3-7) consists of 385 objects.
- Volume 3:
- * Relations between France and America
- * The Republican Government: Committee of Public Safety
- * Government Bureaus: Cabinet offices and public services; bureaus of control of public life; bureaus relating to the Army and War; Courts and Police; Postal Service; semi-official organizations
- * Republican town postmarks: typical marks; peculiarities of certain marks; dated marks; backstamps
- Volume 4:
- * Republican receiving marks
- * Marks indicating prepayment and free franking
- * Explanation of debourse marks
- * Special post offices and unusual marks
- * Marks of entry into France
- * The Revolution in the Low Countries, Savoy and Switzerland
- * Wars of the First Coalition and Formation of Departments 91-98
- * The Revolution in the Rhineland
- * The first mention of Napoleon
- * Republics of Northern Italy and their postmarks
- * End of the Wars of the First Coalition by the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797)
- Volume 5:
- * The Helvetic Republic
- * The Rhineland as part of the Republic
- * Republican place names in Germany and Italy
- * Marks of certain towns through the years
- * Wars of the Second Coalition
- * Expedition to Egypt
- * Establishment of the Consulate
- * End of the Wars of the Second Coalition (Treaty of Luneville, 1801)
- Volume 6:
- * Re-established French republics and kingdoms of Northern Italy: Cisalpine Republic; Kingdom of Etruria; Piedmontese Nation
- * Cisalpine Republic becomes Republic of Italy
- * Commerce between France and St.-Domingue
- * Napoleon's threat to invade England
- * Naval war between England and France
- * Establishment of the French Empire
- * The Emperor's household
- * Government bureaus of the Empire
- * Forms of royalty replace the Republican phrases
- * Town names are changed to honor Napoleon
- * War of the Third Coalition and the Peace of Pressburg (1805)
- * French occupation of Northern and Western Germany
- Volume 7:
- * Reorganization of Northern Italy
- * Republic of Italy becomes the Kingdom of Italy
- * Official machinery of the Kingdom of Italy
- * Tuscany, Parma and Elba are merged into the Kingdom of Italy
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- 1981.0819.INTRO
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Place
- FRANCE (republic)
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Covers & Letters
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_1981.0819.INTRO
- Usage
- Not determined
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