(Maritime Mail) 1859 commercial entire from Constantinople to “Tagliaferro & figli”, Malta with company chop across reverse, the front bearing fine blue strike of Borysthene cds; good clean condition.
(Maritime Mail) 1868 outer letter sheet to Genova per Savona franked ‘Laureated’Napo;eon 80c. pair and single tied by ‘anchor’ lozenge cancel with faint octagonal Buenos Ayres date stamp at centre, various Italian transit and arrival cds. Carried by the “Carmel” to Montevideo and thence by “Guienne” to Bordeaux.
(Maritime Mail) 1871 (Fe 21) cover to Tenby, Wales franked ‘Laureated Napoleon’ 10c. and 20c. tied by’723’ obliterator (of Southampton), framed Southampton/ france/ MB handstamp below, arrival backstamp; very fine condition.
(Maritime Mail) 1873 envelope to Marseille franked ‘Ceres’ 25c. blue strip of four cancelled by two ‘anchor’ lozenges, at right octagonal Cuba date stamp of 25 Janv, two further maritime cancels on reverse ‘Ligne Paq Fr.*No.1*’on 25 Janv and octagonal Ligne B...No.4 date stamp of 31 Janv.
(Maritime Mail) 1880 (27 Fevr) military concession rate cover to France franked four margined Sage 15c. tied by red octagonal COL. FR. PAQ.FR. B. No.1 date stamp, second fine strike to right and below this Corr. D.Armees Lig.-B-Paq No.1 cds of same date, on reverse large double circle MARINE SERVICE A LA MER, Paris arrivals.
(Maritime Mail) 1880 (DE 2) cover to Bristol franked 25c. ‘Sage’ cancelled ‘723’ numeral (of Southampton) and to left Southampton/ France/ MB framed date stamp, arrival backstamp partly removed by loss of part of backflap; some toning.
(Maritime Mail) 1891 5m Sphinx stationery letter card uprated 5m. to Berlin only cancelled by fine strike of the rare two-line handstamp Piroscafi postali/ Inglesi which was applied at Venice or Brindisi to letters posted on a British ship. There are no further cancels front or back, with both Sorani and A Dienna initials.
(Maritime Mail) 1899 cover to Kurau, Germany franked strip of three 10k. tied two Japanese Nagasaki cds, framed PAQUEBOT handstamp in association, reverse with octagonal French maritime Ligne N Paq. Fr, No.4 date stamp; some slight ageing, scarce cover
(Maritime Mail) 1901 (18 Sept) cover to Dieppe franked 15c. tied Bordeaux A Colon L.D. No.3 octagonal date stamp, blue transit of two days later at San Jose Costa Rica, arrival backstamp.
(Maritime Mail) 1904 cover to Finistere franked 1902-03 Crete 10c. Mouchon pen cancelled and bearing violet Marine Francaise * Service A La Mer cachet at right, arrival backstamp.
(Maritime Mail) 1905 envelope to London franked two 1d. tied by framed POSTED/ ON/ BOARD handstamp with Barbados cds to left, arrival backstamp, roughly opened on reverse.
(Maritime Mail) 1909 picture postcard to Finland franked two Greek 5L. tied BOSNIA Piroscafo Postale Italiano cds with another strike alongside, redirected on arrival from Abo to Helsingfors
(Maritime Mail) 1910s picture postcard of Naples to England, written between Rhodes and Naples and franked Great Britain 1 1/2d. tied fine strike of framed bilingual PAQUEBOT
(Maritime) 1898 picture postcard of Constantinople to Athens franked Austrian Post Offices 1pi. on 10kr tied by Constantinopel III Oesterreichische Post date stamp. At left fair strike in red of Greek maritime ‘Flag’ cachet.
(Maritime) 1890 4k. Russian postal stationery card to Christianstad cancelled by Stockholm cds with framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ handstamp in association. With full message on reverse, written from Libau. Fine condition.
(Maritime) 1895 incoming envelope from Finland franked 5pen and 20pen cancelled on arrival by Stockholm datestamp, to right framed ‘Fran FINLAND’ in association.
(Maritime) 1896 envelope to Massaua, Eritrea, franked 20c. Umberto tied by TORINO squared circle date stamp. On reverse, boxed dated 'MASSAUA/SERVIZIO ITALIANO/DEL MAR ROSSO'.
(Maritime) 1899 (22.9) Zara picture postcard to Baden-Baden franked 2k. tied by good strike of Lloyd Austriaco LXII, the date slugs inverted, arrival cds bottom left. Good condition.
(Maritime) 1899 (27 Aug) cover to Bank of California, San Francisco, endorsed “Via Japan”, bearing five value, four colour franking of 1k., 2k., 3k., 4k. and 10k. tied by three Nagasaki Japan cds with framed PAQUEBOT handstamp (29 x 8mm, Hosking 3244), reverse with Yokohama transit and arrival cds, seal and senders details cut out from reverse, the 4k. and 10k. with slight horizontal creasing; attractive item.
(Maritime) 1899 Finnish picture postcard to Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland bearing mixed franking Russia 3k. cancelled framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ and Finland 1k. cancelled Stockholm cds, arrival cancels at base. A fine and scarce combination.