Italy
Covers and stamps / Italy / France / Belgium / Accountancy / European Transits
(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.
£165
Germany
Covers and stamps / Hamburg / German States / European Transits / Bremen Transit
(Bremen transit mail) 1817 entire from Leeds, England to Bolzano, Italy, endorsed "via Hambrg" but instead routed via Bremen with straight-line E.P.B. handstamp, red desptach date stamp and red manuscript rates on front; light horizontal filing crease at top, a scarce routing handstamp.
£95
Germany
Covers and stamps / German States / European Transits
(Hannover – Thurn Taxis) 1806 long entire to France bering very fine red straight-line PAYS D’HANNOVRE R4 and straight-line BASSE-SAXE; a fine cover during the French Occupation.
£145
Malta
Covers and stamps / Malta / European Transits / Via Marseille
1782 entire to a Captain of the Royal Regiment residing in a hotel in Niort, France bearing a good example of the combined handstamp ‘MARSEILLE/ DE MALTHE’, “25” manuscript charge.
£595
Belgium
Covers and stamps / Belgium / Great Britain / European Transits / Pre stamp
1782 London to Cognac entire concerning deliveries of Brandy to Dunkirk and Ostend, bearing a fine example in blue of ‘D’A/ B’ (D’Angleterre par Bruxelles) handstamp.
£375
RUSSIA
Covers and stamps / Russia / St Petersburg / European Transits / Pre stamp
1817 Entire with additional letter inside sent to Belgium, bearing straight line Latin script “SANCT.PETERSBOURG” handstamp alongside MEMEL/15.NOV handstamp and light red FRANCO GRENZE handstamp. Reverse shows boxed entry mark “ Duitsch-Grensk:/te Henri-Chapelle”
£275
Danzig
Covers and stamps / Germany / Danzig / Accountancy / European Transits
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.
£125
RUSSIA
Covers and stamps / Russia / European Transits / Pre stamp / St Petersburg
1824 Outer letter sheet posted to Harlem (Netherlands) stamped by large double circle Latin script “ST.PETERSSBOURG ** “ cds, alongside transit MEMEL and red boxed “Franco Tout” handstamp. Reverse shows border entry mark “ Duitsch – Grensk / te Arnhem”. Charged 12 decimes in manuscript. Nice and attractive
£195
Malta
Covers and stamps / Malta / Switzerland Incoming Mail / European Transits
1834 long entire to Switzerland bearing straight-line MALTA POST OFFICE handstamp overstruck with Marseille transit and to right framed PAYS D’OUTREMER and with fine strike of the very rare oval-framed 2s.; fresh condition.
£755
RUSSIA -Disinfected mail
Covers and stamps / Russia / Ukraine / Disinfected mail / Odessa / European Transits / Stampless mail
1838 Entire posted from Odessa to Italy, disinfected at Odessa quarantine station bearing rectangular single-line frame with rounded corners “OCHISHCHENO / PRI/ OTSEPLENII/G.ODESSY”; second disinfection at Brody indicated by red manuscript legend: “Netto di fuora da Brody 17/2 838”. Alongside ODESSA with palmet double circle date stamps (Dobin 1.02). Arrival “2. Marzo” in red date handstamp
£255
Russia
Covers and stamps / Russia / Switzerland Incoming Mail / European Transits
1841 entire to Vevey, Switzerland cancelled on reverse French language, unframed St. Petersbourg circular handstamp, FRANCO/ AUS RUSSLAND transit applied in Berlin whose cds is on reverse, arrival backstamp. An extremely rare St Petersburg postmark, not recorded in Dobin. Baillie & Peel 1F, the three examples they record are all to Bordeaux. A rarity.
£795
Ionian Islands
Covers and stamps / Trieste / Ionian Islands / / Disinfected mail / Accountancy / European Transits
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.
£575
Portugal
Covers and stamps / Portugal / European Transits / TPO
1857 (25-2) outer letter sheet to Paris franked 1856-58 25r. with good large margins cancelled ‘1’ in horizontal bars with framed Lisboa date stamp to left, French rate handstamp and entry cds, reverse with Pyrennes A Paris tpo and arrival cds.
£65
Russia - Bessarabia
Covers and stamps / Russia / European Transits / Pre stamp
1865 entire to Bordeaux bearing indistinct boxed "Taganrog/9" (inverted)(Dobin type 1.05) superimposed by Paris and Bordeaux cds. Reverse also bears straight line "Novoselitsy" (Bessarabia) @Otpr@ (dispatched) in blue-green (Dobin type 1.02). Obverse bears red boxed 'AUS RUSSLAND'and rated '14' decimes on arrival
£45
Russia
Covers and stamps / Russia / Accountancy / Odessa / European Transits
1865 two entires from Odessa to Marseille each charged 11 decimes on arrival, bearing boxed 'Aus Russland' cachets and two different types of oval-framed 'Porto 3' handstamps.
£65
AUSTRIA
Covers and stamps / Austria / Trieste / European Transits
1869 envelope plus original letter to Marseille, France, franked 25kr tied by oval-framed 'TRIEST' date stamp.
£125
Russia
Covers and stamps / Russia / Registered mail / European Transits / Instructional Handstamps
1873 Stampless registered envelope from Elgonskov to Leipzig, postage paid in cash - annotation at the back side. Front shows Prussian RECOMANDIRT and "AUS RUSSLAN / FRANCO - TOUT" handstamp. Nice and attractive cover