Ionian Islands 1848 Zante to London Redirected to Boston Stampless FL
1848, stampless folded letter, datelined Zante, 10 August, paid 3d. local postage and 1/- to the United Kingdom, carried via the H.M.S "Volcano" and "Indus" via Malta and Southampton, reposted at Lombard Street, where struck with Maltese Cross datestamp, crossed-out and redirected to Boston, Massachusetts, convyed per the Cunard "Hibernian", handstamped with "24" charge mark in red, a trivial filing folds, a lovely and scarce cover; ex Hahn.
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Iraq 1923 Baghdad to Cairo Egypt Flight British Occupation Cover to UK
Cover franked with six 1&1/2au Occupation issues, tied by Baghdad c.d.s., endorsed in manuscript "Air Mail / Baghdad - Cairo", to Sutton Coldfield, no backstamps, a scarce flight; ex Leon V. Pont
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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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Italian States (Modena) 1855 15c + 25c Folded Cover to Milano
Folded letter, without contents, franked with 15c. black on yellow and 25c. black on buff, each with four large margins, the 25c. particularly so, tied to cover by blue grid cancels, Modena (12 Nov) c.d.s. alongside, to Milano, with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, signed alongside adhesives, fine and attractive. (Scott / Sassone 3, 4)
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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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