India 1855 1/2a blue Die II Victoria Used on Piece (S.G. 6)
1/2a blue Die II Victoria, four ample to lage margins, tied to piece by diamond of dots, indistinct boxed postmark, some light discoloration to stamp, creases to piece, uncommon. (S.G. 6)
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Ionian Islands 1815 British Military Occupation SANTA MAURA Stampless FL to Corfu
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined 22 March, 1815, written in Italian, struck with ideal ISOLA DI SANTA MAURA double-circle handstamp in green, to Corfu, a rare and lovely example of mail sent during the British Military Occupation, which ended with the Treaty of Paris in November, 1815.
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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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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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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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