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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - GREECE - RARE 2-RING "SANTA MAURA" MARK ON DISINFECTED COVER + OVAL P. DUE OF NAFPLION; Fine 1825 EL (scorched by disinfection but not unattractive) in Greek sent from Vonitsa to Santa Maura with a mainly very fine rare large Brown 2-ring "ISOLA DI SANTA MAURA" mark nicely placed on the front, without postal charge as an Official Mail item? Plus attractive 1833 EL (from the future Prime Minister George Theotoky's grandfather to his father) from Nafplion to Corfu with mainly v. fine oval "TENIKON TAXYAPOMEION THE EAA/AP [4a]/A[5]" mark and Corfu arrival d.s. on the front. (2 covers) Cross Reference: GREECE £260
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - GREECE - PREPAID/UNPAID MAIL TO S. MAURA/CORFU INC. CIRCULAR P. DUE OF NAFPLION, ETC.; Fine 1833 EL (from the future Prime Minister George Theotoky's grandfather to his father) from Nafplion to Corfu with partly fine circular "??S?????? ??S ??????S G?????? ???????????? [42]" mark (meaning 'Kingdom of Greece General Post Office') and Corfu arrival d.s. on the front, 1841 EL prepaid from Tinos Island to Corfu with 5 different datestamps, and 1859 EL (faults at foot) from Patras to Zante with mainly fine 2-ring "ZAKYNTHOS" arrival cds with matching blue oval "A II" (P. Paid) mark. (3 covers) Cross Reference: GREECE £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - GREECE - LARGE HERMES HEADS COVER EX SYROS WITH OVAL FORWARDING AGENT CACHET; Fine 30 Apr. 1862 EL from Syros to "Cefalonia" with Large Hermes Head 4m 10l Orange on pale greenish + near-4m 40l Rosy-mauve on bluish both tied by fine Syros "67" dotted diamond Numerals with v. fine matching "S???S" cds and boxed "AII" alongside plus a faint blue Cephalonia fancy oval d.s. on the front, but also unusually having a very fine double-oval blue Syros FAC (with manuscript date of 5 May in centre) on the flap. Attractive. Cross Reference: GREECE, FORWARDING AGENTS £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - GREECE - LARGE HERMES HEADS 3-COLOUR FRANKING COVER EX ATHENS TO CORFU; 29 Sept. 1862 EL from Athens to Corfu with Large Hermes Head Paris Print 20l Blue + Athens coarse print 2l Bistre-brown + 1862-67 40l Mauve on blue - all with 4 close to wide margins - all tied by v. fine Athens dotted diamond "1" Numerals with boxed "AII" and cds with "CORFU" arrival cds alongside. Colourful Classis issues cover. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: GREECE £300
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - GREECE - LARGE HERMES HEADS COVER EX PATRAS TO ZANTE; 11 May 1863 E from Patras to Zante (clue 2-ring cds on the front) with Large Hermes Head Athens coarse print 10l Orange (3m) + fine print 40l Mauve (4m) both tied by v. fine Patras dotted diamond "9" Numerals with boxed "AII" and cds alongside. Colourful Classis issues cover. Cross Reference: GREECE £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - HOLLAND - "VIA TRIEST & CORFU" COVER TO MALTA WITH MALTA CONSUL's COMMENTS ON HIGH POSTAGE; Spectacular 17 June 1851 E (small closed seal tear does not detract) from "sGRAVENHAGE" (c. fine curved blue "FRANCO" d.s. on front to the Dutch Consul in Malta endorsed "Over Trieste en Corfu" with numerous transits and postal rates inc. v. fine circular "DEPARTMENT/VAN/MARINE" on the front and matching fancy oval Arms cachet across the seal, and datestamps of "BERLIN/MINDEN" & "BRESLAU-MYSLOWITZ" TPOs, Vienna, Trieste & Corfu (fair small cds on flap); exceptionally the reverse of the sheet has been used by the addressee to write a memorandum in English (perhaps he sent the cover back to the Marine Dept. to educate them?) - "9th July 1851. This letter was received here this day via Trieste & Corfu...Had it been forwarded to Malta, via Marseilles, it would have...by HBM Steamer 'Banshee'...on 13th of June...in 4 days & 16 hours...The Postage via Marseilles would have been at least less half what this has cost."!! Which explains why mail to Malta via Corfu is so rare. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS, MALTA, AUSTRIA, GERMAN STATES £300
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - ITALIAN STATES - ROME TO CEPHALONIA + VENICE TO SANTA MAURA & TO CORFU; Fine 1823 Bill of Lading EL (part printed contents with sailing ship motif) from Naples to Corfu via "Napoli" with red boxed "VENEZIA" and v. fine Blue 2-ring "ISOLE/IONIE" both on the front, 1843 EL from Rome to "Cephalonie via Ancona" with a v. fine Rome cds, a very fine oval-framed "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO/Ancona" and v. fine fancy oval Corfu cds all on the front (endorsed in red on top flap; "Ancona 1d[+]Corfu 4½[=]5d 5/10"), and 1847 EL (internal stain) from Venice to "Sta Maura via Trieste Col Vapore Aus. Lloyd" with Corfu transit cds on the front. (3 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, AUSTRIA £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - ITALIAN STATES - BISCEGLIA TO CORFU WITH RARE CORFU "d/5/3/8" ACCOUNTANCY MARKING; Attractive 4 Nov. 1847 EL from "Bisceglia" (v. fine red boxed mark on the front) to "Corfu [via] Brindisi" and so with a superb strike of the Handstruck "d5/3/8" mark on the front in matching grey-black ink to that of the small "CORFU" arrival cds also on the front. Only a handful of this unusual charge-mark have been recorded in blue or in black. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, ITALIAN STATES £300
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - ITALIAN STATES - SARDINIA - SPECTACULAR IMPERFS. FRANKING (5x1c + 5c) EX PALERMO TO S. MAURA; Remarkable 3 June 1852 E (worn and discoloured horizontal crease well clear of all stamps) via "CEFALU" (village in Northern Sicily; cds on reverse) to "S. Maura" with Sardinia 5c Green (fine 4m) plus 5 separate 1c Black Newspaper stamps (2 with 4m; the others mainly 3m) all tied (to the cover or by indentation) by partly fine "PALERMO" cds's. Rare franking for the 10c rate, and an unusual destination from Sardinia/Sicily. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES £300
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - ITALIAN STATES - TUSCANY - COVER TO CEPHALONIA WITH 6c DEEP BLUE VERTICAL PAIR; 11 Mar. 1857 E from Florence (cds on front) to "Cefalonia, Isole Ionie" with a good Vertical Pair of the Tuscany 1851 6 crazie Deep Blue (close to huge margins all round - barely shaved at top left - with parts of two adjacent stamps at right cancelled by light boxed "PD" marks of Florence with a farther fine strike alongside, but the stamps tied by the manuscript "6" rate; the crossed lines on the front indicating that the letter was fully prepaid to destination but still having the small red "3[d]" Ionian Is. delivery charge. Unusual destination for a Classic Tuscany cover. Exhibition Item. [Initialled by renowned Italian expert "A[lberto. D[iena].".] Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES £300
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - ITALIAN STATES - MESSINA TO CEPHALONIA WITH F.A.C. + VENICE TO S. MAURA COVERS; 1861 pair of stampless covers; Messina to Cephalonia but with unrecorded blue oval "J.D. VLACCO/MESSINA" Forwarding Agent Cachet on the front and so posted in Corfu with v. fine grey-green Corfu small 2-ring "POSTA PAGATA" and cds, and Venice to "S. Maura" E with mainly fine boxed "DA VENEZIA/COL VAPORE" d.s. on the front beside a mainly fine small blue 2-ring "?????S" cds (Lefkas = S. Maura). Fine pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, ITALIAN STATES, AUSTRIA, FALSE £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - MALTA - RARE "MALTA*P PAID" MARK ON COVER ENDORSED "Da Malta" IN CORFU EN ROUTE CEPHALONIA; Small EL (slight staining; and some surface scuffing well clear of the Malta mark) from "Malta" to "Cefalonia" with mainly very fine rare 1st-Type straight-line PAID marking of Malta - "MALTA*P PAID" (MPP-1a) - nicely placed on the front along with a partly fine large oval Corfu 'Arms' transit mark (matching fancy oval d.s. on flap) with red manuscript "3" postal rate and matching rare "Da Malta" of Corfu. This MPP-1a mark has only been recorded from 1827 to 1831. [The similar 1827 cover in Cavendish's March 2011 auction, lot 494, realised £1,000.] Cross Reference: MALTA £400
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - MALTA - PREPAID COVER TO TRIESTE ROUTED VIA A CORFU FORWARDING AGENT (DATED ENDORSEMENT); Fine 2 June 1848 EL from "Malta" to "Trieste Raccomandata al Sig. Jacob Baruch" with sender's blue UDC cachet and mainly v. fine "MALTA/PAID" cds on the front along with fine small "CORFU" cds, and also endorsed on flap by Baruch as forwarded from "Corfu 6 June 1848" beside the fine red "TRIEST" arrival cds (10 June). Rare routing and destination from Malta at this date. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, MALTA, AUSTRIA, FALSE £150
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - RUSSIA - RARE PAIR OF PREPAID/UNPAID COVERS TO SANTA MAURA/CORFU EX TAGANROG; 1850/55 pair of ELs from Taganrog; the first prepaid ("franco") 12k to Odessa and then charged "1/11" on to Santa Maura with Taganrog & Corfu backstamps on the top flap, the other apparently sent unpaid with Taganrog, Vienna & Trieste backstamps and charged "3/9½" on delivery in Corfu. Russian mail to the Ionian Islands is seldom seen. (2 covers) Cross Reference: RUSSIA £200
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - RUSSIA - BALACLAVA - RARE CRIMEAN WAR "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE" COVER AT 11d RATE TO ZANTE; Fine and rare 5 June 1855 env. (disinfection chisel-slits affect backstamps) sent unpaid from the British Forces in Crimea to a British Officer in "Zante" "Per Vapore Austriaco" with a v. fine black "B"-code "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" cds (of Balaklava Camp) on reverse and having blue Zakynthos (= Zante) cds's back and front; charged "11d" on arrival in Corfu (small cds on front). With intriguing PS under the flap; "The Submarine E[astern]. T[elegraphs]. wire is cut between this [place] and Varna office since 8am yesterday...[I] hope it has not been cut maliciously. French line across the Danube was cut too." Very rare destination from the Crimean War; Piat only recorded three such covers in all and the other two (to Corfu or Cerigo) were in his collection. Important Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, RUSSIA, DISINFECTED MAIL, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS £400
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INGOING OVERSEAS MAIL TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS, 1817-1863 - TURKEY (FRENCH P.O.) - PREPAID "STRATFORD CANNING" COVER EX "CONSTANTINOPLE" TO CORFU VIA MALTA; 15 Dec. 1849 env. (closed tear clear of postal marks) from "Therapia" (suburb of Istanbul) to Corfu signed by the sender "Stratford Canning" (British Ambassador to Turkey) on the front (closed tear) and with original contents signed by him - full typed transcript - with c. fine French P.O. 2-ring "CONSTANTINOPLE/TURQUIE" cds (with red boxed "PD") on the front along with Corfu cds and partly fine 3-ring "PURIFIEE AU LAZARET/MALTE". Interesting contents ref. recommending business contacts. Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, TURKEY, DISINFECTED MAIL, MALTA £200
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