From the finder, "18TH CENTURY FRENCH COMPAGNIE DE INDIES TRADING COMPANY LEAD BALE SEAL" (ebay)
From Philippe Lanez, "the motto FLOREBO QUO(cumque) FERAR of the French Eastern India Company means I'll flourish wherever I'm brought. Also is Martinique Island motto."
From Daniel Slowik, "Heavily indebted to the Company of India, the State terminated Duverdier's lease to entrust the Farm to the Company by a ceasefire dated March 22, 1723, and thus erasing the debt of the Royal Treasury.
Pierre le Sweur replaces Duverdier in 1723 for the pending lease, the coffee farm adds, under his name, to the tobacco farm, and he drops new brands. On the occasion of the next lease, the one of Carlier, we learned that Le Sueur had common brands in tobacco and coffee. It can be deduced from this that leads, due to their bivalence, did not contain neither the word "tobacco" nor the word "coffee". Only one lead in the name of the Company and the type employed since 1711 by the Farm can be agreed upon, one that replaces the type of the Western Company with the addition of the currency and presenting the triangles pointing down. These leads considered by Zay as a clothing brand, then as general packaging leads by Sabatier, who dated their use from 1719, seem to fit the "marks (... ) of said Company, which was used to mark also tobacco and coffee packets" and was used for coffee and tobacco bales between 1723 and 1730" YJ, amdly.
