(Balearics) 1819 (31 Oct) entire with printed ‘REGIO/ Consolato Generale/ Di S.M.Sarda/ in Mahone’ to Torino, Italy with straight-line MENORCA handstamp and, at top an interweaved SG (Sanita Genoa – in use 1819-20). Fine and scarce.
(Disinfected Mail) 17/9 cover to Cattaro, in Dalmatien franked pair perf 9½ 5kr with Agram cds, reverse with Triest transit of 18/9 and two-line arrival of 24 Set. The envelope shows two vertical disinfection slits, the one at left passing through stamp. The cover was disinfected at Castel Lastra in Cattaro Bay during a short outbreak of Cholera.
(Disinfected Mail) 1744 (20 Mazo) folded entire from Tripoli to Consul at Naples, disinfected with heavy diagonal slitting and signs of vinegar staining, a good early example.
(Disinfected Mail) 1833 entire to Marseille with framed ‘PAYS D’OUTREMER’ handstamp and Marseille cds alongside, reverse with straight-line MARTINIQUE despatch and italic ‘Purifiee a Marseille’ (partly missing) and another arrival cancel. Deisinfected with rastel punching.
(Disinfected Mail) 1836 entire to Odessa bearing framed Gavano disinfection handstamp, the entire without slits or hole, vertical filing fold, fine and fresh.
(Disinfected Mail) 1839 (17 Mai) entire to Marseille with manuscript “La Montagne” dateline, red Outre Mer Marseille cds on front with manuscript rate, reverse with straight-line MARTINIQUE handstamp and italic ‘Purifie a Marseille’ disinfection handstamp, with two vertical slits; fine and fresh.
(Disinfected Mail) 1843 entire from Candia to France, forwarded by Cavalli & Sons of Syra, with horizontal slits and good PURIFIE AU LAZARET/ MALTE handstamp on reverse, Marseille arrival backstamp
(Disinfected Mail) 1847 entire from Monastir (Bitola) to Belgrade, redirected to Pest, Hungary, with negative Monastir despatch handstamp, entering into Serbian disinfection station at Aleksinac with large part red wax seal, transferred into the Serbian postal system, redirected and on entry in Austria Hungarian Empire disinfected at Semlin whose handstamp and two wax seals appear on reverse A rare double disinfection.
(Disinfected Mail) 1847 entire to Paris with various manuscript rates, Constantinople/ 30 JUIN two-line handstamp, T.A. (Austrian transit) and red French entry cds, reverse with disinfection cachet across flap; filing crease at base.
(Disinfected Mail) 1848 entire to Trieste from Sarajevo taken across the northern border and disinfected at the quarantine station at Brod whose cachet Pulito Di Dentro E Di Fuori appears on the reverse, put into the post office there with two-line Brood handstamp.
(Disinfected Mail) 1848 outer letter from Plovdiv to Pest, entering into Serbian disinfection station at Aleksinac with reasonably full was seal, transferred into the Serbian postal system and on entry in Austria Hungarian Empire disinfected at Semlin whose handstamp appear on reverse next to the Aleksinac seal. A fine example of rare double disinfection.
(Disinfected Mail) 1852 entire addressed locally to the Sardinian Consul at Odessa where disinfected by slitting and rastel punching at quarantine station, oval dated handstamp on reverse ‘Cleaned in the Odessa/..../....’ , a good strike for this.
(Disinfected Mail) 1871 outer letter sheet to Genova, franked ‘Bordeaux’ 20c. and 40c. with close to large margins, cancelled by ‘anchor’ lozenge, octagonal maritime Constantinople Paq. Fr. No.3 date stamp, framed PD, with two disinfection slits, reverse with Messina transit. A rare cover with a heavy central horizontal creasing.
(Disinfected Mail) Circa 1850 front bearing fine blue handstamp ALCAYDIA DAL LAZARETO/ DE St SIMON, twp disinfection slits, to Pontevdra. Of the few examples of this large cachet, all are recorded on fronts only.
(Ionian Islands – Disinfected Mail) 1824 (17 Oct) entire from Corfu to Otranto bearing large double-ring Isole Jonie handstamp, straight-line OTRANTO arrival at top, two horizontal disinfection slits with very fine paper wafer seal on reverse ‘Sigillum Ces. Reg. Gibernii Litoralis Austriaci’. Dr. G. Chiavarello Certificate.
(Ship Mail) 1865 entire to Piraeus, Greece, endorsed in Russian “Via Odessa Steamship” franked with three 10k. (some trimmed perfs) tied by Taganrog 15 Apr 65 cds with circular FRANCO handstamp alongside, disinfected in Odessa with fumigation slits and released 21 Apr, “50” in red crayon denoting charge of 50 lepta for French ship letter fee with Greece Large Hermes Heads 10l. and 40l. applied and tied by Piraeus cds, a very attractive combination franking, Ex Dr. Casey.
(Tunisia) 1865 (24 Nov) outer letter sheet to Genova bearing three 1863 40c rose-carmine cancelled with two double-ring Tunisi Poste Italiane cds, repeated at right, reverse with Cagliari transit and arrival cancel, disinfected with two horizontal slits, one of which passes through the stamps, Sorani and Dienna signatures.
1752 disinfected entire to Marseille datelined "Seffy" on top of letter and by 'Saffi' on side panel, disinfected with liberal quantities of vinegar causing slight ink running in places. A fine early item.
1767 folded entire from Smyrne, forwarded at Salonique by "Tavernier" (recorded by Rowe in 1767 only), held for three weeks and then sent to Naples where disinfected, a yellow cursive 'SALONICO' applied in transit at Rome by the Neapolitan Post Office; a rare item.
1816 unpaid incoming disinfected entire from Ionian Islands bearing a fine accountancy ‘May: 28-?:2’ handstamp that is the earliest known usage, large Isole Ionie circular handstamp on front. An important item.