(Accountancy) 1830 outer letter sheet to London struck with an oval-framed GALICIA/ CORUNA handstamp, a two-line ESPAGNE PAR/ St. JEAN-DE-LUZ’ French entry handstamp and annotated “Via Calais”. On arrival the front struck with dotted framed ‘Oz at 8s/8d per Oz’ handstamp applied at the London Foreign Branch. Light vertical filing creases at sides.
(Accountancy) 1869 cover from Roma to St Nicolas, Belgium bearing manuscript charge at centre together with despatch cds, to right blue 4 E. PONT. 4/St Michel applied in transit at Paris together with scarce accountancy handstamp ‘F/25’, reverse with France Midi Belgian entry tpo and arrival cds; some slight ageing.
(Accountancy) 1871 stampless cover to Belgrade, Serbia bearing Paris despatch and fine strike of circular framed 'F./28' accountancy handstamp, reverse with arrival cancels.
(Accountancy) 1871 stampless cover to Belgrade, Serbia bearing Paris despatch and fine strike of circular framed ‘F./28’, reverse with Vienna transit and arrival cancel.
(Accountancy) 1872 (24 Oct) outer letter sheet to Landskrona, Sweden bearing single franking 40c. tied ‘12’ numeral with Anvers cds to left, framed ‘P.D.’ below, at left red accountancy handstamp ‘wfr. 1½’, arrival backstamp.
(Accountancy) 1873 stampless cover to London bearing Levallois-Perret despatch cds, oval-framed ‘*FR/ 1f50c’ handstamp and manuscript “6d” charge, FB arrival on front reverse with blue Paris Etranger transit and arrival cds; with contents.
(Accountancy) 1874 stampless cover to London bearing Levallois-Perret despatch cds, oval-framed ‘*FR/ 1f50c’ handstamp and ‘6d’ charge handstamp applied on arrival, reverse with Paris Etranger transit and arrival cds.
(Panama) 1844 outer letter sheet to Tours, France endorsed “Via Panama”, from an unknown country bearing undated circular SOUTH AMERICA VIA PANAMA handstamp (only mentioned as dated in Robson Lowe) overstruck with very fine Panama Forwarding Agents, Louis Lewis (not listed in Rowe), red framed accountancy handstamp, reverse with double-arc Kingston Jamaica, red London transit, red French entry on front, reverse Paris transit and arrival; fine and attractive.
(Transatlantic Mail) Undated cover to Boston bearing mixed franking 1863-64 perf 9½ 15kr. Arms pair and #coarse whiskers’ 3kr. tied Josefstadt in Wien cds, reverse with part Bremen transit and on front framed PAID handstamp applied on arrival; envelope slightly reduced at left.
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.
1819 outer letter sheet to London bearing two-line AMSTERDAM/ * * handstamp and on arrival accountancy ‘Oz. At 5/4 per Oz’ with manuscript “1”, arrival backstamp FPO JA 1 1820; horizontal filing crease.
1823 unpaid incoming entire from Gibraltar with arrival charge handstamp ’12 T.2’, the ‘12’ changed in manuscript to “14”; fine condition.
1824 entire to Bordeaux bearing cursive despatch date stamp, ‘C.P.R.5.’ accountancy handstamp, incorrect French framed entry ‘BAVIERE/ PAR/ FORBACH’ applied and overstruck by FORBACH straight-line handstamp, the correct French entry handstamp applied below. An unusual item.
1829 entire from Rouen, France to Shiedam, near Rotterdam bearing straight-line ROUEN and red accountancy C.F.3.R (Correspondence Francaise 3rd Rayon), reverse with Rotterdam cds and two-line DEB/ ROTTERDAM.
1830 outer letter sheet to London bearing Frankfurt despatch cds, straight-line FRANCO handstamp and endorsed "via Rotterdam/ per Stemboat", on arrival dotted-framed 'OZ at 6s/8d per Oz' handstamp applied
1838 (22 Mai) entire to London from Paris, bearing red framed arc FOREIGN PAID, redirected to Brompton and rated “3”d, reverse with unframed London, two-line T.P./ Chief Office handstamp and two red dated handstamps.
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.
1847 entire to Bordeaux, put into the British Post Office and bearing on reverse red unframed Porto Cabello date stamp, annotated to go via West Indies Packet. Front with framed London accountancy COLONIES/ &c ART.13, French entry cds for Boulogne, arrival backstamp.
1848 entire from Zante to Boston, United States endorsed “Via Marseilles” without any clear indication of despatch except for commercial chop top right, addressed care of forwarding agents in London whose blue ornate handstamp appears at base, red PAID date stamp of London and red ‘29’ US accountancy.
1849 (MY 8) envelope to London bearing fine strike of ‘s 1/-‘ accountancy handstamp (Proud A16), reverse with Kingston Jamaica double arc date stamp without index letter.