Envelope from Pernod Fils to Paul... (1865)

NRA-L-000142 / 1865

Envelope from Pernod Fils to Paul Guillemot at the Dijon station buffet, September 27, 1865

Postal cover sent by Pernod Fils to Paul Guillemot at the buffet of Dijon railway station. No enclosed letter survives in this item; the reverse preserves a wax-seal remnant and bleed-through.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000142

NRA-L-000142 image 1 showing a folded address panel to Paul Guillaume at the railway-station buffet in Dijon, with a postage stamp, Pernod fils handstamp, postal marks, seal remnant, folds and ragged lower corners. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000142 image 2 showing the pale reverse of the folded wrapper with postal impressions, faint manuscript docketing, a seal remnant, folds, an interior paper loss and ragged lower corners. — **Image 2**Reverse with postal evidence and seal remnant.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000142
Date: 1865-09-27
Original date: 27 Septembre 1865 (cachet postal)
Type: Addressed cover
Language: French / fr
Sender: Pernod Fils
Recipient: Paul Guillemot
Places: Pontarlier, France / Dijon, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000142.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Documentary page 1

Original transcript

Monsieur
Paul Guillemot
au buffet de la gare
Dijon

Notes

Postal marks:
[blue oval stamp] PERNOD FILS / COUVET & PONTARLIER
[circular postmark] PONTARLIER / 27 / SEPT / 65 / (25)
[postage stamp] EMPIRE FRANCAIS / 20 C POSTES 20 C [cancelled with diamond of dots] 2964
[circular postmark, upside down] DIJON / 28 / SEPT / 65 / (20)
[circular postmark, upside down] [illegible] / 27 / SEPT / 65 / [illegible]

Later annotations:
1865
27 7bre
Pernod

3,60 x

Documentary page 1

English translation

Mr Paul Guillemot
at the railway-station buffet
Dijon

Notes

Postal marks:
[blue oval stamp] PERNOD FILS / COUVET & PONTARLIER
[circular postmark] PONTARLIER / 27 / SEPT / 65 / (25)
[postage stamp] EMPIRE FRANCAIS / 20 C POSTES 20 C [cancelled with diamond of dots] 2964
[circular postmark, upside down] DIJON / 28 / SEPT / 65 / (20)
[circular postmark, upside down] [illegible] / 27 / SEPT / 65 / [illegible]

Later annotations:
1865
September 27
Pernod

3.60 x

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

[Verso sans texte suivi ; marques postales, vestiges de cachets de cire et décharge du recto en transparence.]

Notes

Editorial notes:
Page contains only a wax seal remnant and bleed-through from the front.

Documentary page 2

English translation

[Reverse with no continuous text; postal marks, remnants of wax seals and show-through from the front.]

Notes

Editorial notes:
Page contains only a wax seal remnant and bleed-through from the front.

Discovery Terms

Pernod Fils
Postal history
Envelopes
Railway station buffets
Paul Guillemot
Pontarlier
Dijon

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