

MALTA: 1842 (25 July) Entire to Italy with fine boxed Malta Post Office (M.P.O.1a), the box much clearer than is usual, red Livorno 30 Jul arrival, fine


MALTA: 1846 (24 Set) Folded cover to 'Messina per Palermo', hs boxed (barely visible) MALTA POST OFFICE with the very scarce maritime marking VAPORI/MALTA oval hs in red, Italy arrival for 26 AG in red, v.fine.


MALTA: 1858 (Fe 20) folded cover to England franked GB 4d pair + 1d red tied by barred 'M' with Malta double arc dispatch & Manchester arrival (Fe 26) on reverse, London Paid in red on obverse Fe 26, some ironed out creasing


MALTA: 1862 (NO 16) Folded cover to London franked wing margin 1s pair tied Malta A25 ds with red London No 20 arrival, fine.


MALTA: 1864: Pair of entires both franked Tiratura di Londra 15 centesimi (Sassone L18), the first on 13 August from Messina to Trapani tied by "PALERMO-MALTA / PIROSCFI POST. ITALIANI" keyhole datestamp with a fine information strike alongside, the second item on 6 September from Siracusa to Genova tied by "MALTA-PALERMO / PIROSCFI POST. ITALIANI" keyhole datestamp. A good pair of covers showing both directions of this scarce maritime datestamp, one signed Raybaudi.

MALTA: 1875 1/2d. mint block, lower pair unmounted mint, top pair with small hinge remnant and tiny paper inclusion, fine and fresh. S.G. 10


MALTA: 1881 (Jan 10a) MALTA A25 duplex cancelling GB 1879 1 ½d stationery card addressed to Ireland, posted by a passenger aboard the “Serapis”, some light statins bottom left otherwise fine and very scarce usage.


MALTA: 1882 (SP 18) Envelope to England franked only with Egypt 1pi rose pyramid uncancelled, Malta despatch, 'T' applied and circular '5' tax marking hs, fine Azzopardi Ship Agents company cachet, Southampton SP 23 arrival bs,fine.


MALTA: 1883 (14 May) Folded letter to Boston, USA with red straight line QUARANTINE and SHIP/ 6, fine.


MALTA: 1898 (JA 8) Registered envelope to Canada franked 1855-90 4d. brown tied by crisp VICTORIA / GOZO cds, with ½d green applied on reverse to seal the flap, cancelled the same, Valetta and Halifax N.S. JA 21 transit backstamps, very fine.


MALTA: 1901 (July 30): Large part parcel card to Plauen, Germany franked with block of ten 1885/90 2½ d. cancelled "PARCEL POST SERVICE MALTA" and tied by Plauen official cachet, reverse SIRACUSA and FRANKFURT transit as well as arrival (Aug 8) datestamps. Light horizontal and vertical bends otherwise fine and striking item.


MALTA: 1914 (13 MR) envelope registered to France franked 1899-1901 2s6d olive-grey tied by Valetta cds, oval 'R' and Registered Malta oval ds n association, Paris arrival (16 30, fine.


MALTA: 1914 Envelope registered to France franked 1899-1901 2s6d olive grey tied by Valetta Malta cds, oval registered Malta (13 MR) ds alongside, Paris arrival, fine single franking.


MALTA: 1915 (June 24): Stampless picture postcard to England, from a soldier in hospital at St. Andrews, handstamped "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / MEDTn" and violet triple ring "WOUNDED POST OFFICE / (Crown) / MALTA. This rare cachet used briefly in June & July 1915, very few examples are recorded. Provenance: Spink sale 19029, July 2019, lot 945

MALTA: 1938 (11 Apr) Incoming cover to Malta franked GB 1 1/2d Coronation, taxed on arrival 2 1/2d orange postage due pair tied by Valetta Ap 14 cds, various manuscript tax annotations , undelivered, 'not known at...', refused and returned to Huddersfield


MALTA: 1968 (23 AP) Incoming stampless envelope from England with boxed green TO PAY / POSTED / UNPAID, further handstamp segmented box T/9/8d in manuscript, pair of 4d. yellow-olive applied on arrival tied by Valletta c.d.s. with manuscript ‘Insufficiently paid ... 8d. postage due (signed)’ BIRKIRYARA backstamp.

MARTINIQUE: 1769 (June 8): Entire letter to Beaune, France bearing manuscript "Trinité" and "affranchie". Very fine, this being the earliest recorded manuscript mark known from any of the sub offices, other than that of St. Pierre. Provenance: Collection Brian Brookes, Spink, London, November 2018, lot 2511.


MARTINIQUE: 1787: Entire to Bordeaux bearing manuscript rate markings and straight-line handstamp "LA MARTINIQUE". A fine early entire in good condition.

MARTINIQUE: 1875 (10 Sept) Printed matter (Bulletin Commercial, Financier et Maritime) franked 1873 1c. bronze-green / azure pair + 5c. green pair tied by Martinique St Pierre cds, 1c. large margins, 5c. good to tight margins where visible (overlapping), fine and fresh franking, no address label, and small faults to bulletin, very scarce rate.


MAURITIUS / INDIA: 1882 1a. Stationery envelope addressed to Mauritius with straight-line ‘Ship Letter’ handstamp applied on arrival. ‘27c/ TO PAY’ also struck on front; ‘MAURITIUS/ OC.18.82’ backstamp. The 27c. charge mark is believed to be the only known example. Very scarce.