Postcard from Thos. Trapp & Sons to... (1911)

NRA-L-000218 / 1911

Postcard from Thos. Trapp & Sons to Veil-Picard & Cie concerning fifty undelivered cases, October 14, 1911

Thos. Trapp & Sons tells Veil-Picard & Cie that fifty cases announced in a letter of 3 October have not arrived and asks for the exact dispatch date.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000218

NRA-L-000218 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Thos. Trapp & Sons to Veil-Picard & Cie, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000218 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Thos. Trapp & Sons to Veil-Picard & Cie, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000218
Date: 1911-10-14
Original date: BORDEAUX, 14/10/11
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Thos. Trapp & Sons
Recipient: Veil-Picard & Cie
Places: Bordeaux, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000218.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel

Original transcript

Messieurs
Veil-Picard & C.
Pontarlier
(Doubs)

Address panel

English translation

Messrs
Veil-Picard & Co.
Pontarlier
(Doubs)

Message text

Original transcript

Télégrammes « Trapp »
Téléphone 880
THOS. TRAPP & SONS
36, QUAI DES CHARTRONS

BORDEAUX, 14/10/11

Messieurs
Veil-Picard & C.
Pontarlier

Messieurs,

Nous venons vous informer que nous n'avons pas encore reçu les 50 caisses avisées par votre honorée du 3 courant. Veuillez nous faire savoir la date exacte de l'envoi. Agréez, Messieurs, nos bien sincères salutations.

ppon Thos. Trapp & Sons
[C. S. Shalloum ?]

Série 7980
Départ 7 oct. 11

Message text

English translation

Telegrams: “Trapp”
Telephone 880
THOS. TRAPP & SONS
36 QUAI DES CHARTRONS

BORDEAUX, 14 October 1911

Messrs
Veil-Picard & Co.
Pontarlier

Gentlemen,

We write to inform you that we have not yet received the fifty cases mentioned in your esteemed letter of the 3rd of this month. Please let us know the exact date of dispatch. Please accept, Gentlemen, our very sincere greetings.

for Thos. Trapp & Sons
[C. S. Shalloum?]

Series 7980
Dispatched 7 October 1911

Discovery Terms

Absinthe trade
Shipments
Missing deliveries
Cases
Dispatch dates
Thos. Trapp & Sons
Veil-Picard & Cie
Bordeaux
Pontarlier

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