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Lot 121. Cambrai CU siege Klippe 1595
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, February 23rd, 20:00:30 CET)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 04:05:53 CET
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CHF 280.00 (3 bids)
Approx. EUR 302.26 / USD 315.71 / GBP 251.47
Bid history
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CHF 280.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2014-02-23, 13:23:57
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CHF 270.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2014-02-23, 19:59:07
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CHF 240.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2014-02-11, 16:12:16
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 3
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eAuction #23, Lot 121. Estimate: CHF 300.00
Cambrai, Low Countries. CU Twintig patard Klippe (32 x 40 mm, 8.27 g). Siege issue, dated (15)95.
Obv. HENRICO (trefoil) PROTECTORE, Crowned French royal coat-of-arms; all within pearl border; XX stamp to left; P stamp to right; coat-of-arms of governor, Jean de Montluc de Balagny, below.
Rev. Blank.
Brause-Mansfeld pl. X; Robert pl. XL, 2; Mailliet 6².
Rare. Very fine.
Weakened by a series of religious wars in the 1590s, France under Henry IV was ill-equipped to deal with the powerful Spanish threat on its border with the Netherlands. In several quick and decisive moves, the Spanish captured the French-held fortress of Cambrai in 1595, followed soon by Calais and the strategically important fortress of Amiens.
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