
1868 (17/12) mourning cover to Paris franked 1866-67 imperf ‘curved label’ 80r., four good to large margins, tied fine ‘1’ numeral with Lisboa cds in association, additionally tied by French entry cds, framed P.D. at centre, arrival backstamp; fine and attractive.

1868 (22 Avril) entire to France franked 1862 40c. tied by unclear lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.3 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancels.

1868 (25 SP) ‘The Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association Weekly Circular’ to Alexandria, Egypt, endorsed “open printed circular Reg” franked 1858-79 1d., plate 102, ID and HC, tied 166 Liverpool duplex, central arrival cds of British Office; tear at right under stamp.

1868 (6 Mai) entire to Cette franked 1862 40c. tied by faint anchor lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.1 date stamp, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille transit and arrival cds.

1868 (JA 28) outer letter sheet to Paris, France, franked 1863-68 no watermark, perf 11 -12.5 1d. rose-red pair and 1862 rough perf 14-16 6d. deep green tied by three fine 'A10' obliterators, black St vincent tying one 1d., red crayon "7" and oval-framed PD, overstruck by London transit; fine and attractive.

1868 (No 9) small envelope to Boston, USA franked Great Britain 1864-79 1d., plate 108, 1858-69 2d. blue pair AG-AH, indistinct plate and 1867-80 wmk Spray of Rose 6d. lilac, plate 6 cancelled by A26 obliterators, index A cds in association, red London Paid cds in transit, unclear red Boston cds and cursive 3 CENTS handstamp, no backstamps; slight fault to envelope at right not affecting a pleasing aspect.

1868 entire to Paris bearing WIBORG despatch cds, Cyrillic Franco handstamp, straight-line 'P.P' and blue French entry cds, arrival backstamps; fine and clean.

1868 outer letter sheet to Taganrog franked by two 1865-67 2pi (SG 7) both with full margins, tied by faint strike of ‘780’ in truncated triangle of dots, with partly legible Smyrna cds (Tchil. Type 14) on reverse along with Smyrne company cachet, fine and rare, Mikulski Cert., Ex Dr. Casey.


1868 printed envelope to Rosario, Argentina franked 1861 3c., 10c. and 30c. cancelled by matching cork cancels, Boston despatch cds at right and red New York Paid All transit on reverse, front with unclear cancel and faint red 22 ½ accountancy. The 3c. with bottom left corner perf creased and the 30c off centre. The Philatelic Foundation Cert (2022)

1869 (22 Nov) entire to New York franked 1868-69 Isabel II 200m. green pair tied Carinena cds, red ‘PD’ , London PAID transit, ‘3’ accountancy handstamp for internal U.S. postage, arrival backstamp.

1869 (29 Juin)outer letter sheet to Mexico endorsed “Via Southampton” with 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 80c. pair tied gros chiffres ‘532’ with Bordeaux cds in associaition, red boxed P.P. and London A/PAID transit cds, rated ‘4’ on arrival.

1869 (AU 23) entire to Orotava, Canaries franked 6d., IB, plate 8 tied '73' London duplex, reverse with arrival cds Punta De Orotava Canarias; good condition.

1869 (May 13) cover to France bearing single franking 1866 Lincoln tied by mute cancel with Newark N.J. cds in association, red New York Paid 12 cds, red framed PD and good strike of red French octagonal maritime Etats Unis Paq.Fr. H. No.2, reverse with French top’s and arrival cds.

1869 cover to London bearing single franking 12c. ‘S.S.Adriatic’ tied by segmented cork handstamp and small part red New York cds, further strike of this cds to left overstruck by a red arrival cds, docketed at left as received Nov 13th and dated 3rd Nov 1869. Without backstamps, small tear in backflap.


1869 entire to Chisnovi franked 10k. (2) tied by blue ‘retta’ cancels, blue Konstantinopol Russian P.O. backstamp, routed via Odessa; some filing creases not affecting stamps, Mikulski handstamp, very scarce.

1869 entire to Paris bearing ULEABORG despatch cds, manuscript "5½" rate, framed 'FR.KO.' handstamp, unframed P.D.' and blue French entry cds; arrival backstamps.

1869 envelope plus original letter to Marseille, France, franked 25kr tied by oval-framed 'TRIEST' date stamp.


1869 folded entire to Trieste franked with two 20pa. of 1868 Dulos stamps tied by SCUTARI D'ALBANIA thimble and ANTIVARI datestamps & 1872 to cover franked with 20pa. and 1pi. of 1869-71 irregular perf. Dulos stamps wIth same dispatch datestamp endorsed 'Col Vapore'.

1869 outer letter sheet to Marseille franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 40c. tied by blue ‘anchor’ lozenge with framed PD and octagonal Constantinople P.Fr.U No.4 date stamp in same ink, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE, arrival backstamp.

1869 two 2c brown on small calling card envelope to California, slightly overlapping, tied by manuscript Bethel County/ Nov 29; one 2c with straight edge, no backstamps.