1768 SWEDISH KING ADOLPH FRIEDRICH
ROYAL PROCLAMATION

Royal Decree from the King Adolph Friedrich about Legislation concerning exchange rates for the year 1769 and until further notice. The king bids governors and other officials to make sure this is followed. Signed and sealed in the King’s Council in Stockholm 6 December 1768 [this part of printed extract].

Contents in Swedish. Condition: Very Fine Black Print Broadside on single sheet, batonne laid paper, bifolium into four pages. Text on three pages. Manuscript markings showing postal delivery through the Swedish Royal Crown Post to Löderup, Skäne, for public proclamation. Measures 160mm wide x 190mm tall folded. Small gap on right edge.

King Adolph Friedrich - Adolf Fredrik
House of Holstein-Gottorp
May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771
Reigned (1751 - 1771)

Svensk Kronopost - Swedish Royal Crown Post
with Kronoslinga - Crown Coil (meander)

First Page

Second Page

Last Page

Post Detail:

 Crown Coil
 of the Royal Post

The wavy line (known as a meander) with two horizontal lines through it and three "crowns" in the spaces (all together known as a Crown Coil) was the indicia that this was to be sent through the Royal Swedish Crown Post. The text below indicates it was sent to a church in Löderup, in Skäne near Ystad, in the southeast of Sweden, where it was to be publicly proclaimed.

Image colored to enhance Script

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