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A Krzysztof K. Słowiński Collection

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Item no. P1036 (cover)

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Item no. P1036 (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Germany

Date of use: 18 August 1933

Business stationery (cover, with relevant advertising frankmark) used by the company E [Emanuel]. MERCK in Darmstadt (Germany), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and chemicals, also those used in photography. The company was founded in 1668 thus making it the world’s oldest operating company of that kind of business.