1826 entire from London to Boston with, on revere five-line forwarders details 'Received and Forwarded By/ Your obedient servant/ ROBERT R. HUNTER/ Consul U.S.A./ cowes' on Isle of Wight, front bears cursive framed SHIP/6; fine and scarce
1829 entire from Buenos Ayres to Edinburgh endorsed "pr Wellington pkt" and bearing very fine strike on reverse of Falmouth Fleuron BUENOS AYRES O in bright green, rated "3/9" due on delivery with red London transit and framed ADD 1/2 handstamp; light vertical filing crease.
1840s internal outer letter sheet with oval-framed FRANCA handstamp in blue and similarly framed Benta Gral/ De/ Correos/ De Buenos Ayres handstamp; some light tone spotting.
1848 part entire to Corrientes bearing small “2” in manuscript and red oval-framed Benta Gral/ De Correos/ De Buenos-Ayres, central vertical filing crease. There is a two-line endorsement at top that translates as ‘Long Live the Argentine Confederation! Death to the savage Unitarians!’
1852 folded part entire to Corrientes cancelled by red-brown oval RENTA GRAL/ De/ Correos/ De Buenos Ayres, manuscript “2” reales rating; small worm hole at left and damage to entire, fresh clear cancel.
1853 incoming envelope with enclosure from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Boston with endorsement “pr Col James Scott” and at right fine cursive SHIP./ 4 handstamp; no backstamps, fresh condition.
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.
1856 envelope to Sydney franked 6d. Embossed, margins clear to touched, with barred numeral ‘23’ cancel, tied by ‘1d’ handstamp for local fee to Singleton. Manuscript note at left “3rd Secry. Mr. Russell, Paris” could indicate carried privately to UK. Full Oliva certificate.
1857 (23 Dec) unpaid entire with part contents to Constantinople, endorsed “voie de Trieste” bearing central St Gallen cds and a very fine strike of rare framed tax mark ‘3 – 5/ 2 – 20’ for 3 piastres 5 paras Swiss/Postal Union fee and 2 piastres 20 para postage beyond Trieste, to be paid by the recipient, reverse with Trieste Abends transit (26/12) and arrival cds of 8/1.
1858 internal entire to Rosario bearing a fine example of the blue negative Sucursal De La Estafeta General De Buenos Ayres FRANCA 1857; a high quality strike in fresh condition.
1861 (14 Aout) entire to Lyon franked 1853 Napoleon 10c. and 40c. tied with unclear lozenge, Sinai ship cds at base, framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE; small fault top left of entire and stamps with variable margins.
1861 (28 Aout) cover to Marseille franked 1853 Imperf Napoleon 10c. and 40c. (close to good margins) tied petits chiffres ‘3707’ with at right Constantinople Turquie cds, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE and PD, arrival backstamp.
1861 (Oct 9) cover addressed “Care of Consul of U.S America, Havre” franked with 5c brown-yellow and 10c. unclear cork cancels and Williamsburgh cds, paying the ¼ oz rate, 3c credit to France handstamp as carried on American liner “Fulton”. This was her last voyage before being withdrawn because of the Civil War.
1865 (23 Feb) entire to Eupatoria franked Russia 1858 10k. perf 12½ in two horizontal strips of three tied by blue Constantinople cds in Cyrillic; stamps fine and fresh, refolded to hide horizontal splitting and toning along filing fold, a spectacular franking.
1865-66 three ‘Seated Helvetia’ printed commercial covers to Constantinople, all from Butschwyl, April 1865 30r red and 60r copper bronze, endorsed to travel via “Wien & Kustendje”, Dec 1865 cover with three colour franking at 90r rate to go via Trieste and 1866 cover endorsed to go by Marseille and franked two 60r copper bronze, the first two with arrival cancels of Austrian offices and the last French, a fine trio of covers, two with BPB Certs and last with P Guinand Cert .
1867 (10 Juil) outer letter sheet to Lyon franked 1862 40c. tied by anchor lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.4 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancel.
1867 (17 Juil) stampless outer letter sheet to Marseille bearing octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U.No.1 date stamp, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE handstamp, arrival backstamp.
1867 (DE 26) cover to Sydney, Australia franked by two pairs of 1867 Wmk Spray 10d. red-brown, plate 1, SK-SL and RK-RL, tied by London SW 20 duplex, some slight faults with SK damaged top left, RK tiny nick bottom left. Envelope endorsed “Via Marseille” and Ship Letter Sydney backstamp. A fine high franking multiple franking. R.P.S,L Certificate 2015.
1867 entire from Odessa with fine company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp at top, addressed to Palermo, sicily and carried on French ship with octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U No.3, framed Italian PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI handstamp, reverse with Messina transit and arrival date stamps.
1868 (22 Avril) entire to France franked 1862 40c. tied by unclear lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.3 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancels.