

1858 large outer letter sheet, 300 x 115mm,from ‘Comandancia/ De Marina/ De/ Nuevitas to Puerto Principe, bearing blue despatch cds and oval grill handstamp with, on reverse, handstamped ‘48’ charge in same ink.


1858 mourning cover and 1875 cover front to France, both franked at 1d. rate with red and black INSUFFICIENTY/ PREPAID handstamps in red and black, an attractive pair

1858-62 6d. vermilion, a hinged mint and used example both with good clear margins, both fine and fresh, SG 28

1859 (April 15) envelope from London to Nassau, Bahamas, addressed to a Lieut. MacKenzie, 1st W.I. Regt and franked at 6d. military post rate with 1855-57 issue tied by heavy barred cancel, annotated “Via Liverpool & New York”, reverse with blue undated Hyde Park cds.

1859 (AU 12) entire to Kingston, Canada franked 1855-57 watermark Large Garter 4d. pair tied by two ‘Glasgow 159’ duplex, red L (Liverpool) transit; ironed out filing crease at base, otherwise good fresh condition.


1859 cover addressed care of a Doctor at the British Museum, forwarded to Oxford, from St Petersbourg, Russia with diamond framed despatch on reverse which also displays a Gt Russell St, a red London and an Oxford cds, on forwarding envelope to Oxford a 1d. red has been added over ‘PORTO’ handstamp with fine ‘7 1/2 ‘ charge handstamp alongside. Torn bottom flap to envelope otherwise fine and scarce.

1859 outer letter sheet to London bearing ornate-framed PORTO, sent via Aachen where ‘7½ ‘ charge raised with handstamp, this has been crossed out and manuscript “11 ½” applied on arrival.


1859 outer letter sheet to London franked Great Britain 6d lilac cancelled ‘A15’ obliterator, endorsed “Per Steamer 25th april 1859”, red Paid London arrival cds of MY 19, reverse with double-arc Grenada date stamp; good condition



1859-1860 Three items with entire to Bordeaux with OUTRE-MER PAVILLAC date stamp, charged at 60c. as no indication of origin, so charge international rate, envelope with Direction De La Poste Aux Lettres St Louis Senegal hand stamp and ‘COL FR ANGL AMB CALAIS’ date stamp and entire similarly handstamped, without the PD but same maritime cancel.

1860 (18/8) entire to Syros with Thessaloniki despatch cds, Salonico commercial chop bottom left, arrival backstamp; good condition.

1860 2C. Andrew Jackson with small grill, Scott 93, tied to small ‘Le Messager Franco-Americain’ wrapper by segmented cork cancel, red French accountancy at centre, without backstamps; fine condition.

1860 entire from Odessa with company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp on reverse, addressed to Malta and carried on French ship ‘Borysthene’ with cds top right, at double rate 2/- on arrival manuscript charge, arrival backstamp.

1860 entire from RIGA to ABERDEEN with Cyrillic despatch cds on reverse, together with LONDON transit and arrival cds, various manuscript rate markings plus '7½' accountancy handstamp.

1860s 15kr postal stationery envelope to Belgrad, Serbia, cancelled with 'WIEN' cds; arrival backstamp.
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 (Mar 2) envelope to Marseille, France franked 1857-61 1c. pair, 3c. and 10c. (rounded top right corner) cancelled with dots in a circle handstamp, large Superior Wis. Despatch at left, three stamps also tied by red New York PAID 12 date stamp denoting amount due from France for a letter carried by a British Packet, red octagonal French maritime date stamp and framed PD, reverse with French tpo transits and arrival.


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.

1861 entire bearing two-line KPAIOBA/ AP 19 date stamp of Craiova; light vertical filing creases otherwise fine and clean condition.

1861 outer letter sheet to WOLMAR with, on reverse, fine strike of oval 'POST ENGELHARDSHOF' despatch date stamp with dates added in manuscript, Cyrillic arrival cds above this; slight fault at right of cover.