Guadeloupe 1895 15c Camp Jacob Military Cover Saint Claude Army CDS to France
Cover franked with 15c Navigation & Commerce, tied by CORR D'ARMEES / SAINT-CLUDE c.d.s. (13 Fev), to Paris, France, with arrival c.d.s. struck on front, CORRESPONDENCE D'ARMÉES / GUADELOUPE / CAMP-JACOB handstamp (small opening tear through bottom), BASSE-TERRE (FE 18) and Paris backstamps, naval h/s on back flap, a scarce and attractive cover, ex-Grabowski. Camp Jacob was an infantry barracks, including stables and a military hospital.
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India 1866 Calcutta to Mauritius VIA GALLE Stampless Postage Due Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined 8 December, with crisp oval handstamp of Calcutta merchants Camin Lamouroux & Co, to Port Louis, Mauritius, struck with ideal example of the scarce VIA GALLE straight-line, struck "6d / TO PAY" in blue, with Calcutta / India Paid despatch and Port Louis c.d.s. arrival backstamps ( Dec 31), chiefly very fine strikes, a most attractive entire.
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Ionian Islands 1823 Cefalonia to Corfu Inter-Island Stampless Folded Letter SFL
1823 (August 14), stampless folded letter, with contents, postmarked with superbly-struck ISOLA DI / CEFALONIA double-circle in red, to Corfu, with adjacent ISOLE / IONIE arrival postmark in green, exceptional quality, and a choice example of inter-island mail.
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Italian States (Modena) 1853 5c. Strip of 3 Folded Letter Carrara to Livorno Cert
Folded letter, with contents, franked with 5c green, period after figure, horizontal strip of three, cancelled by by six-bars obliterator with Carrara (22 Apr) despatch c.d.s. on front, Livorno c.d.s. arrival backstamp, slight stain at right, else a fresh and attractive franking; with 1988 Enzo Diena certificate. (Sassone 7)
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Italy (Naples) 1862 2gr light blue Invalid Period Folded Cover to Agnone VF
Folded cover, franked with four-margin 1861 2gr light blue, tied by neatly-struck Napoli Porto thimble (4 OTT), further strike on reverse, to Agnone via Isernia, lovely quality, extremely fine, ex-Provera; the stamps of Naples were declared invalid on October 1, however, they were tolerated for a period of two weeks following, a choice example used during this unofficial period.
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Italy (Sardinia) 1863 40c vermilion Folded Cover Milno to Paris France DLR Day of Issue
Folded cover, franked with 40c vermilion (Sassone 16Da), four margins, tied by neatly-struck Milano c.d.s. (1 Dec), "ITALIE LANSLEBOURG .. DEC. 63" entry mark struck beside, to Paris, France, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (4 Dec) and Torino transit, a remarkably late usage, postmarked on the day of issue of the De La Rue adhesives of Italy, and in the last possible month of usage of Sardinian adhesives, wonderfully fresh and very fine; signed Vaccari.
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