Ceylon 1852 GALLE POST PAID Mauritius Packet Letter Stampless Folded Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Galle (24 January), struck on reverse with neatly-struck GALLE / POST PAID circular datestamp (JA 25) (Proud PD6), oval Packet Letter Mauritius (FE 10) on front, light horizontal filing fold, a nice example of a difficult strike, fine.
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Ceylon 1853 COLOMBO STEAMER LETTER Stampless to London via Galle Suez Marseilles
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Colombo, 23 June, rated 2/3 to London, endorsed "per Steamer via Galle, Suez, & Marseilles", with neatly-struck COLOMBO STEAMER LETTER (JU 25) b/s and red arrival c.d.s., typical filing folds.
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Ceylon 1855 Trincomalee Steamer Letter to London East India Co. Stampless FL
Stampless folded letter, with contents from a sailor to the Secretary of the East India Company, requesting payment for naval service, backstamped with TRINCOMALEE / STEAMER LETTER, struck on front with oval RECEIVED /VIA SOUTHAMPTON (24 Sep), partial red c.d.s. on reverse, address panel with tear, heavy vertical filing folds, a difficult strike.
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Ceylon 1865 Colombo Steamer Letter Via Marseilles to Bordeaux France SFL
Stampless folded cover, without contents but docketed Colombo, 11 July, 1865, struck with clear British / Packet / Postage / Paid on front, rated 1/- overstruck by red Marseilles entry mark, and "20" (decimes) in black, backstamped COLOMBO / STEAMER LETTER, Alexandria double split-ring transit in blue, Paris and Bordeaux c.d.s. (16 Aout), horizontal filing fold, scarce and fine.
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Chile 1856 10c deep blue Colon Folded Cover BALLENAR Straight-Line to Valparaiso
Folded cover, without contents, franked with 10c deep blue, mostly good margins, touching in places, tied by black target cancel, choice strike of italicized BALLENAR straight-line in black (MPF47a), filing fold clear of adhesive, a lovely example of this pre-philatelic postal marking, most attractive.
PRICE: $435.00
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Chile 1857 5c red-brown on blue Colon Folded Letter CURICO Straight-Line
Folded letter, with contents datelined 1857, franked with 5c red-brown on blue, Perkins Bacon Second London Printing, large margins on top and bottom, postmarked with black target cancel, to Santiago, struck with red ideal strike of red CURICO straight-line, light filing fold clear of adhesive, a quality strike.
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