what does SAG mean on back of envelope?

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What does SAG mean when written on the seal (back) of the envelope.

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It’s religious and means “St. Anthony Guide”. St Anthony was a Franciscan friar. People often used to write SAG on a letter or package and it was a prayer that St Anthony would see that it was delivered safely. This prayer dates to an incident in July 1729 in Spain. A merchant’s wife, in need of support from her husband on business in Peru, placed a letter to him in the sleeve of St. Anthony’s statue in her parish church, trusting he would somehow deliver it. Returning to the statue the next day, she found not her own letter but one from her husband, Don Antonio. Also in the sleeve was a heavy pouch containing 300 pesos, sent by him. The merchant wrote that her letter to him had been delivered “by a friar of the Order of St. Francis” and the same friar was delivering his reply. This story led to the custom of placing “S.A.G.” on mail and praying that St. Anthony give it safe passage.

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