1793 LETTER FRANCE REVOLUTIONARY ILLUSTRATED PAPER PATRIOTIC ..NEEDLE MAKERS

Cover with entire letter on illustrated writing paper of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, Societe des Amis de la Liberte & de l’Egalite, District du Martigue, 22 Frimaire (11 Dec 1793) with wood engraved design incorporating the Cap of Liberty, Cock, the all-seeing eye, etc.  Addressed locally to the Republican Society of Needle Makers, emphasising the need to purge the germs of corruption!  Good 2 line postmark 12 LE MARTIGUE, small fishing port 20 miles from Marseilles.  Torn seal, otherwise fine.