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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 3018

Spain
1640 (7 Mar.) entire letter written by King Phillip IV from Madrid to Don Juan de Gamarra at the camp to the Army in Flanders giving instruction for the army, both soldiers and officers, the usual bold signature "yo el Rey" (I King) with a further signature at foot. Sealed with a good example of the Royal wafer seal. Clean and fine. Photo

Note: Philip IV of Spain (also known as Philip III of Portugal) (1605–1665), was the king of Spain and Portugal during the decline of Spain as a great world power in the 1600s. He succeeded his father, Philip III, in 1621 and left the throne to his son, Charles II. He is remembered for his failed struggle to revive Spain's prominence during the Thirty Years War and for his patronage of the arts.

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