COMMUNE OF PARIS — BREAD VOUCHERS - Lot 87

COMMUNE OF PARIS — BREAD VOUCHERS FRENCH REPUBLIC. CITY HALL OF THE 11TH ARRONDISSEMENT. RELIEF. Voucher for FIVE HUNDRED grams of bread. Paris, Lefebvre Printing House, 87–89 Passage du Caire, [1871]. Sheet comprising four relief coupons for 500 grams of bread, printed on yellow paper and mounted on an antique backing. Circular administrative stamps on all four coupons. Printed signatures of Delescluze, Verdure, and Mortier. This set is particularly evocative of the material conditions of life during the Paris Commune and the organization of food relief by the district municipalities. Condition: sheet shows creases, small tears, and marginal losses; historically mounted on brown cardboard.

Estimate:£152.29

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