CANADA - Sir Sandford FLEMING (1827-1915,... - Lot 182 - Vermot et Associés

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CANADA - Sir Sandford FLEMING (1827-1915,... - Lot 182 - Vermot et Associés
CANADA - Sir Sandford FLEMING (1827-1915, Canadian engineer and inventor, he designed the first Canadian stamp and actively participated in the development of the Canadian Railway network; it was he who first proposed in 1879 to divide the World into 24 time zones) / Partly printed piece signed and dated by his hand, 1 p in-8 oblong, October 21, 1890: Sir Sandford Flemming hereby subscribes for ten piastres "to assist in the publication of the Discourses of Sir George Etienne Cartier by M. Joseph Tassé" - This sum will be payable at the publication of the work and will entitle him to a copy on luxury paper (George Etienne Cartier, 1814-1873, was a Canadian statesman, Father of Confederation] - Beautiful document, purely Canadian!
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