
1869 (29 Juin)outer letter sheet to Mexico endorsed “Via Southampton” with 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 80c. pair tied gros chiffres ‘532’ with Bordeaux cds in associaition, red boxed P.P. and London A/PAID transit cds, rated ‘4’ on arrival.

1869 (AU 23) entire to Orotava, Canaries franked 6d., IB, plate 8 tied '73' London duplex, reverse with arrival cds Punta De Orotava Canarias; good condition.

1869 (May 13) cover to France bearing single franking 1866 Lincoln tied by mute cancel with Newark N.J. cds in association, red New York Paid 12 cds, red framed PD and good strike of red French octagonal maritime Etats Unis Paq.Fr. H. No.2, reverse with French top’s and arrival cds.


1869 entire to Chisnovi franked 10k. (2) tied by blue ‘retta’ cancels, blue Konstantinopol Russian P.O. backstamp, routed via Odessa; some filing creases not affecting stamps, Mikulski handstamp, very scarce.

1869 entire to Paris bearing ULEABORG despatch cds, manuscript "5½" rate, framed 'FR.KO.' handstamp, unframed P.D.' and blue French entry cds; arrival backstamps.

1869 envelope plus original letter to Marseille, France, franked 25kr tied by oval-framed 'TRIEST' date stamp.


1869 folded entire to Trieste franked with two 20pa. of 1868 Dulos stamps tied by SCUTARI D'ALBANIA thimble and ANTIVARI datestamps & 1872 to cover franked with 20pa. and 1pi. of 1869-71 irregular perf. Dulos stamps wIth same dispatch datestamp endorsed 'Col Vapore'.

1869 outer letter sheet to Marseille franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 40c. tied by blue ‘anchor’ lozenge with framed PD and octagonal Constantinople P.Fr.U No.4 date stamp in same ink, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE, arrival backstamp.




1869-70 group of four entires from Rothschild correspondence to Paris showing a variety of accounting handstamps and transits through Germany.






1869-74 group of four covers to Stuttgart, Germany, the 1874 cover with HARPER PAID date stamp, the others carried privately and entering the posts in Liverpool or London.

1870 (29/1) outer letter sheet to Stockholm franked strip of four 3o. (Three type II and one type III) tied by Goteborg date stamp; very fine.


1870 (Apr 21) 3c stationery envelope to London uprated 1869 3c. ‘Locomotive’ cancelled Albany duplex, paying the new Treat Rate effective from Jan 1870, red New York transit and arrival cds; without backflap otherwise sound.

1870 entire to London with ‘1/-‘ charge handstamp and A Panama cds of British Post Office, red arrival backstamp. Fine clean example.

1870 entire to Marseille franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 40c. tied ‘anchor’ lozenge with Mersina maritimes date stamp to right, overstruck by red maritime cachet, framed PD towards base, arrival backstamp, bottom left shows company handstamp of Tarsous; fine and scarce.

1870 mourning wrapper from unknown South American provenance addressed to Paris, France, annotated to travel via the United States, the front bearing New York ‘12’ transit and faint London cds as well as fine diamond-framed accountancy ‘G.B./ 3f.60c., Calais A Paris tpo and rated ‘12’ decimes on arrival. Some damage to rear.

1870 outer letter sheet annotated on inside flap as from AIN MACHERAH to LYON franked 4c. Laureated Napoleon tied '5082' large numeral lozenge with BEYROUTH cds below, framed 'PD' and framed red maritime handstamp; MARSEILLE entry and arrival backstamps.

1870 outer letter sheet to Constantinople franked 10k. without date stamp and cancelled in transit with a retta handstamp, Odessa commercial handstamp bottom left; some slight ageing and ironed out filing crease, unusual item.


1870 wrapper put into the British post at Buenos Ayres, addressed to Naples. On reverse LONDON transit with their accountancy mark 'GB/1F60c' on the obverse alongside the subsequent French handstamp 'F.56'. Rated 10 decimes on arrival and 1L postage due affixed.

1870s 120 reis curved label postal stationery envelope essay, 146 x 78mm. The stamp image is heavily embossed onto the paper with clear indentations of design on reverse; good condition.

1871 (12 juil) internal entire to Angers bearing mixed franking 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 1c horizontal strip of five and pair Ceres 10c. tied gros chiffres ‘4243’, transit and arrival backstamps.