1920 POST WW1 PARIS BERCY WINE MERCHANT LETTER RED WAX SEAL ENVELOPE BLVD SOULT

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ANTIQUE FEBRUARY 1920 POST WAR
HAND -WRITTEN FRENCH BUSINESS DOCUMENT: ORDER & PAYMENT LETTER WITH ENVELOPE.
PAYMENT LETTER  FROM PARISIAN WINE WHOLESALER (NEAR THE  BERCY WINE WAREHOUSES)
TO SOUTHERN WINE PRODUCERS.
1920'S CERTIFIED CASH PAYMENT  LETTER....
SENDER: H ARNAIL 23 BOULEVARD SOULT PARIS (75012)
ADDRESSED TO: BAUMES BROS (FRERES) IN OCTON . HERAULT (OCCITANIA REGION).
THE SENDER WRITES THAT HE IS MAILING A PAYMENT FOR THE WINES HE HAS ORDERED. HE DESCRIBES  POST WWI DELAYS & TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS AFFECTING WINE  SHIPPING DISTRIBUTION &
(CLOSED TRAIN STATIONS, ROAD COMMUNICATION ISSUES, CLIENTS COMPLAINING, SPOILED WINE ETC...****T
HEY ARE UNDERSTANDABLE AS THE LETTER IS WRITTEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AFTER THE GREAT  WAR, WITH EUROPE STILL RECOVERING FROM ITS RAVAGES)
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THE ENVELOPE  HAS A  SMALL TEAR  AND BEARS
TWO STAMPS; IT IS INSCRIBED "DECLARED VALUE 8000 FRANCS" ON THE ADDRESS SIDE. IT WAS "CERTIFIED" BY THE SENDER (TO PREVENT TAMPERING) WITH 4 WAX SEALS WITH THE INITIALS A H ON THE REVERSE (H. ARNAIL).
FRENCH BUSINESS LETTER WITH ENVELOPE SENT FROM PARIS  ON FEBRUARY 5 , 1920 AND RECEIVED ON THE 7TH...