Postcard from Raoul Dupont to Pernod Fils ordering eight twelve-bottle cases of Pernod by slow freight, March 23, 1898
Raoul Dupont's Granville business orders eight cases of twelve bottles of Pernod for immediate shipment by slow freight; the employee's signature is difficult to read.
Commercial correspondence
Postcard
Order
French
Raoul Dupont
Pernod Fils
Granville, France
Pontarlier, France
Absinthe
Pernod
Orders
Cases
Bottles
Slow freight
Granville
Pontarlier
RAOUL DUPONT
[[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse Monsieur Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE Later annotations: 734
[[label: Message text]] RAOUL DUPONT GRANVILLE (Manche) CONSIGNATION — COMMISSION MORUES — SELS — VINS & LIQUEURS Granville, 23 mars 1898 Monsieur Pernod fils, Pontarlier, Veuillez, je vous prie, m'envoyer de suite P.V. 8 caisses Pernod fils de 12 b[outeill]es. Saluts sincères. Roupsard [lecture incertaine] [[notes]] Postal marks: RAOUL DUPONT GRANVILLE (Manche) CONSIGNATION COMMISSION 23 MAR 1898 MORUES-SELS VINS & LIQUEURS Later annotations: Négt 30/3
[[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] FRENCH REPUBLIC POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address Mr Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE Later annotations: 734
[[label: Message text]] RAOUL DUPONT GRANVILLE (Manche) CONSIGNMENT — COMMISSION COD — SALT — WINES & LIQUEURS Granville, 23 March 1898 Mr Pernod fils, Pontarlier, Please send me immediately by slow freight eight cases of Pernod fils, each containing twelve bottles. Yours sincerely. Roupsard [uncertain reading] [[notes]] Postal marks: RAOUL DUPONT GRANVILLE (Manche) CONSIGNATION COMMISSION 23 MAR 1898 MORUES-SELS VINS & LIQUEURS Later annotations: Merchant 30/3
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