(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
(Libia) 1889 commercial envelope addressed to Livorno franked ‘Estero’ overprinted Umberto I 5c. (2) and 10c., not cancelled on despatch but in transit at Malta with A25 obliterators, reverse with backflap missing with small part Malts cds remaining and Napoli transit, scarce.
(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.
(Soldier's Letter) 1882 envelope FRONT ONLY to London franked Great Britain 1d. lilac tied A25 duplex, the envelope part printed for '3 Bn. King's Roayl Rifles'.
(Village Postmark) 1913 picture postcard to Sweden franked by four Farthings tied by three Misida cds.
(Village Postmark) 1917 local cover franked on reverse ½d. tied by good strike of Melleha cds, postman’s handstamp alongside.
(Village Postmark) 1918 local cover franked on reverse 1/2d. together with 1'2d. WarTax tied by Melleha cds, particularly fine on regular stamp.
(Village Postmark) Small 1910s local mourning envelope franked on reverse ½d. tied Melleha cds.
1690 (10 Oct) Incoming entire from Marseille to a banker with very fine heraldic seal intact. 2 wormholes otherwise fine.
1694 incoming entire from Lyon, France to “Malthe” without postal markings, light vertical and horizontal filing creases, good clean condition early incoming entire.
1774 incoming entire from Palermo, Sicily endorsed “Siracusa/ per Malta” to a Pioroio Fournier. A fine early entire.
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.
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.
1822 entire from Liverpool to Corfu endorsed at bottom right to travel privately to Malta and to be passed to care of forwarding agents "William Hutton". The reverse bearing straight-line 'April 24: T-2,10' charge handstamp applied in Malta. Obverse bears Ionian Islands arrival handstamp. The entire is disinfected with two vertical slits
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 Corfu bearing good example of scarce MALTA*P PAID handstamp, large double-ring Isole Ionie arrival handstamp; no backstamps, fine and scarce.
1828-44 group of five entires or outer letter sheets, each stampless incoming with charge handstamps showing 1d to 5d. usages, all are good to fine examples of these scarce handstamps, please examine.
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.
1837 entire to Alessandria, Italy bearing an apparently unrecorded two-line handstamp of Malta Post Office (48 x 5mm), without any further cancels.