1838 incoming disinfected cover from Alexandrie (Egypte), endorsed “Col vapour Francea”, reverse with small straight-line ‘14 May; 8d’ with manuscript addition for French Postage, remains of red disinfection wax seal. Unusual mixture of accountancy.
1840 (13 Marzo) entire to Firenze bearing fine 'Coat of Arms' handstamp on front and ornate framed 'CORFU' date stamp on reverse, disinfected in transit with two slits, straight-line 'Malta Post Office' handstamp, reverse with straight-line 'LIVORNO' and two-line 'APRILE/1840' handstamp. Small part of entire missing but generally fine appearance.
1842 entire from CONSTANTINOPLE to TRIESTE bearing on reverse extremely fine negative seal 'NETTO DI FUORA ET DI DENTRO' and with red wax seal 'Sigillium Sanitatis', arrival backstamp.
1844 (31/8) entire from Habana to Madrid bearing blue handstamp Correo Maritimo No.3 and framed arc FRANCO in same ink, annotated at base "Correp de la Empresa", disinfected with small slitting. Some wormholes and internal faults to entire, fine appearance.
1846 outer letter sheet to Jerez de la Frontera with straight-line YNDIAS handstamp and unaligned '5R' rating, reverse with Cadiz transit. Disinfected with large diagonal slit on reverse.
1850 cover from Derby to Corfu, endorsed "Via Ostend Vienne Trieste" bearing despatch cds, London transit, framed Aus England/ per Aachen franco handstamp and vertical accountancy handstamp 'd/53/8', disinfected with three slits; fine and scarce.
1855 outer letter sheet to Buenos Ayres, endorsed "Via Canarias" and "Paquete Ingles", prepaid 4 reales at Cadiz, disinfected and forwarded by the British Post Office at Teneriffe with Paid/Crown handstamp, "1/-" accountancy applied there showing share of postage due.Fine and attractive. Ex. Sacher.
Egypt (British Post Offices) 1841 entire to Malta endorsed to travel by French ship, bearing fine Alexandria double-arc date stamp, two diagonal disinfection slits with unclear cachet on front, arrival backstamp.
Greece 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.
Undated cover to Nizza bearing Constantinopel 13/10 cds, m/s rating “7”, refused and returned with m/s “zk Constantinopel” and Nizza crossed-out in same ink, red cds of 20/10, reverse with m/s “refuse” and final Constantinopel arrival. Two vertical slits for disinfection.
Undated long blue 'On Her Majesty's Service' cover from Corfu to Paxos during period of British Administration bearing small red despatch cds and straight-line REGISTERED handstamp in red, unrecorded by Parmenter. Arrival backstamp and three red wax seals of Commisariat Ionian Islands. Missing backflap and opened out for display.
Undated outer letter sheet to Madrid bearing red straight-line YNDIAS with manuscript annotation "Por Cadiz" and "Diana", reverse with endorsement "Dirijida par ... Carballo Habana". Disinfected with two small diagonal creases