Handwriting questions
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- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
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Re: Handwriting questions
"Good on 02/02/90"?
Re: Handwriting questions
How about "Cont. of 2½ %", as in contribution of 2½ percent.
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Which would be a strange thing to write. Would Corney & Barrow, expert wine merchants that they are, really have known that these Ports would all take 1,173 months (less four days) to mature?
Not convinced. Some merchants offered a discount for cash rather than credit. Except that it just doesn’t look like ‘Cash’.
Re: Handwriting questions
Could it be "C on d or 2½ %"?
Being cash on delivery or 2½ % interest for credit
Being cash on delivery or 2½ % interest for credit
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Handwriting questions
“C on D 2½%”, being a discount for cash, would be consistent with then standard practice.
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The "or" in front of 2½% is the clearest part of the note, so your suggestion doesn't make sense.
Perhaps "Cash for 2½%"?
Also, do the pencil notes before the price of each bottle say "paid"? If so the red tick that follows the 2½% would suggest the cash option was taken.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Handwriting questions
I’m saying “There might have been a 2½% discount.”