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ISABELLA I SCARCE D.S.

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ISABELLA I SCARCE D.S.
<b>344. ISABELLA I </b>(1451 - 1504)<b> </b>"Isabella the Catholic", Queen of Spain (1474-1504) who approved and financed Columbus' proposal to seek out a new route to Far East. Scarce D.S. "<i>Yo la Regna</i>" 1p. folio, Grenada, Sep. 30, 1499 to her Chamberlain Sancho de Paredes instructing him to give several yards of white damask to the friars of San Jeronimo of Cordoba by way of payment for a casket. Two cut cancels professionally mended on verso, not affecting signature and nearly impossible to detect. Very good to fine.<b>$1,500-2,000</b>