1868 Antique French Folded Letter Marseille to Antibes Cafe Coffee History 20c For Sale

Historical & Content Details:

• Sender: Émile Meynadier & Cie (Successors of Charles Lantelme), located at Cours Belzunce, 33, Marseille. The cover features an elegant printed company letterhead inside and a crisp blue oval merchant\'s cachet on the front.

• Recipient: Monsieur Giraud Fils, Cafetier (Cafe owner), Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes).

• Date: October 16, 1868.

• Content: Written in French, this commercial correspondence addresses a delay in communication and discusses the urgent handling and supply of coffee (le café) for the recipient\'s business, ensuring no time is lost.

• Stamps & Postmarks: The front is franked with a 20-centimes blue French Empire (Napoleon III) stamp, canceled with a numeral diamond grid (losange à chiffres). It bears a clear \"MARSEILLE / 16 OCT 68\" circular datestamp. The reverse side features a receiving mark from Antibes dated October 17, 1868, alongside a remnant of a red wax seal and contemporary archival annotations.