1864 FRANCE Folded Letter LODEVE to GIGNAC 20c Napoleon Stamp SOAP Maker Trade For Sale

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1864 FRANCE Folded Letter LODEVE to GIGNAC 20c Napoleon Stamp SOAP Maker Trade:
$39.99

WE WILL SEND WITH REGISTERED SHIPPING ...An original, authentic 1864 commercial folded letter sent locally within the Hérault department of France, from Lodève to Gignac. This document is a great piece of 19th-century French industrial and mercantile history, specifically addressed to a soap manufacturer.

Key Details:

Date: November 24, 1864 (Written inside as \"24 9bre 1864\" and stamped \"24 NOV 64\")
Origin: Bellerive / Lodève
Recipient: Monsieur Lavaisse, Fabnt [Fabriquant] de savon (Soap Manufacturer)
Stamp: France 20 Centimes blue, Emperor Napoleon III (Perforated).
Postmarks: The stamp is cleanly cancelled with a French numeral diamond cancel (\"Gros Chiffres\" 2068, designating Lodève). It also features a clear \"LODEVE / 24 NOV. 64\" circular date stamp.

Historical Content & Trade Connection:The handwritten letter (in French) is a direct commercial communication regarding a soap order. The sender is ordering \"savon mou\" (soft soap) but includes a distinct complaint about the quality of the previous batch:

\"Nous venons vous prier de nous préparer un envoi savon mou...\" (We kindly ask you to prepare a shipment of soft soap for us...)
\"...votre der. [dernier] envoi est assez bon, mais il laisse encore qq chose a désirer, faites en sorte que celui que vous nous ferez soit superieur...\" (...your last shipment was good enough, but it still leaves something to be desired, make sure the one you make for us is superior...)

This candid response makes it a fascinating, authentic slice of everyday business relations in the 1860s.