SACOCHE - Lot 587

SACOCHE RIGIDE DE FACTEUR Wooden, leather-wrapped, the ventral part holding an inkwell, opening through a flap revealing a pouch and a stamp bearing the inscription "OR" held in place by a chain. The inside of the flap bears the stamped inscription "Vérification du matériel - 9 sept 1910". c. 1900-1910. Leather shoulder strap. Height. 13.5 cm; Width. 41 cm; Depth. 26 cm. One encloses: . PTT CHIEF OFFICER'S KEPI in embroidered felt and braid, cardboard visor. . THREE PTT STAMPS. . SMALL ALBUM OF POST TIMBERS, covers in stamped percaline. . R. POUGET. La Fabrication des timbres-poste français, Paris, 1954, Imprimerie Nationale. . GABRIEL CHARPY. Postal history of Genlis and its rural district from its origins to the present day.