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Old 27th August 2013, 02:39 PM   #11
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The source on this cover tell it was abandoned by Dutch setlers from Nova Zembla (africa) in 1596 (!!!!).
Nova Zembla...Africa?

Re:chest. These come up in European auctions, and one giant example is in the Metropolitan Museum. I don't know about the shipboard use, but I do remember reading that these were used by regimental commanders to transport soldiers wages.
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