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IONIAN ISLANDS - CORFU 1836 - BLUE TRIESTE "Jonia." WITH RED BOXED "Netto di fuora e/Netto di dentro" & WAX "SANITATIS" SEAL; 17 Feb. 1836 E (closed tears around seal) to Venice endorsed "d'Off[ici]o." (Official Mail) with v. fine rare Blue Trieste "Jonia." on the front with no postal rate (charged "15" on reverse), but also having two very fine red boxed Trieste "Netto di fuora e/Netto di dentro" disinfection marks on the reverse (one across join and one with closed tear) beside spectacular red wax seals of the Austrian Consul in Corfu and two Trieste Lazaretto seals ("SIGILLUM SANITATIS TERGESTI"). Sent from the Austrian Consul to the Governor of Venice. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Hut.] Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, ITALIAN STATES, DISINFECTED MAILFALSE £300
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IONIAN ISLANDS - 1846-61 TO FRANCE, TRIESTE OR SABIONCELLO GROUP - INC. RARE MISSENT TO GB - 1846 EL from "CORFU" to Lyons with red m/s "3" prepaid but extraordinarily Missent to Gibraltar while in transit in Malta and so with London cds and v. fine red oval "PD" (cancelled); 1858 EL sent unpaid to "Sabioncello" (then in Austria, now Peljesac in Croatia) with small "CORFU" cds on the front and scarce "RAGUSA/23.MARo." on the flap; 1860/61 pair of Es to Paris with small "CORFU" cds's, red Trieste "A" marks, red 2-ring "AUTRICHE/CULOZ" entry-marks and different ratings. Plus rare 1861 unpaid E to Trieste from "Cefalonia" but posted from "CORFU" (fine small cds) with a previously unrecorded (by Rowe et al) small blue oval Forwarding Agent cachet of "G. ASTARITA/CORFU" on the front. (5 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, FORWARDING AGENTS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MISSENT MAIL £240
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IONIAN ISLANDS - ZANTE 1848 - COVER TO BOSTON "VIA SOUTHAMPTON" & LONDON - 11 May 1848 EL from "Zante" to "Boston, U.S." routed "Via Southampton" to the Forwarding Agents "Baring brothers & Co. London" with v. fine blue fancy oval "ZANTE" d.s. on the front with red m/s "3[d prepaid]" and "1/- [prepaid]" redirected to Boston with fine London "PAID/L.S." ds, v. fine black GB hs "1/-" transatlantic rate mark and fine red Boston arc "SHIP/6" arrival charge; sent just two weeks before the start of the Retaliatory Rates Period. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FORWARDING AGENTSFALSE £150
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IONIAN ISLANDS - ZANTE 1850/54 - PREPAID MAIL TO CORFU/KYTHIRA - 2-RING "POSTA PAGATA" OR CERIGO BOXED "FRANCA" - Fine 1850 EL (Sardinian consular cachet across seal) to Corfu with very fine small blue 2-ring Zante "POSTA PAGATA" on the front and matching v. fine fancy oval "ZANTE" d.s. nicely placed on the top flap; plus small 1854 E to Cerigo (Kythira Island) with part Zante d.s. and v. fine rare large black double-boxed Cerigo "FRANCA" on the front. Both prepaid the 2d rate, and both of Exhibition Quality. (2 covers) £200
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IONIAN ISLANDS - 1850-61 INWARDS GROUP OF COVERS FROM RUSSIA OR ITALIAN STATES - 1850/55 pair of ELs from Taganrog: the first prepaid 12k to Odessa & then charged "1/11" on to Santa Maura with Taganrog & Corfu backstamps, 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. Also 1861 stampless covers (2): Messina to Cephalonia with unrecorded blue oval "J.D. VLACCO/MESSINA" FAC on the front posted in Corfu with grey-green Corfu small 2-ring "POSTA PAGATA" and cds; and Venice to "S. Maura" E with boxed "DA VENEZIA/COL VAPORE" d.s. on the front beside a small blue 2-ring Lefkas cds. Fine pair. (4 covers) Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FORWARDING AGENTS, ITALIAN STATES, AUSTRIA £200
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IONIAN ISLANDS - CORFU 1852 - "PAID/AT/CORFU" CROWNED CIRCLE COVER TO PATRAS BY BRITISH SHIP - 19 June 1852 EL (a couple of stained sellotape repairs well clear of marks) from Corfu to "Patrasso" endorsed "Con Vapore Inglese" with an almost perfect strike of the "PAID/AT/CORFU" Crowned Circle nicely placed on the front beside a red manuscript "d5" (prepaid British Packet rate) with a poor matching "CORFU" cds alongside with red local "3[d]" rate also prepaid. Charged "10 [lepta]" on delivery with Patras backstamp. Cross Reference: GREECE, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS £200
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IONIAN ISLANDS - CORFU 1853 - CROWNED CIRCLE IN BLACK "PAID/AT/CORFU" on 8 Mar. 1853 EL (overall light toning; some ink-through as thin paper) to Cephalonia with red m/s "5[d]" rate and small Corfu cds alongside. Unusual usage on inter-island mail. Also remarkable cloth bag sent from Corfu? to Santa Maura with silver/gold coins c.1860 (remains of red wax seals across the centre where it had been secured with cord during transit) addressed to "ATTE 229, Sta Maura" (ATTE being the firm of Petros Stamatopoulos Bros.) & possibly a faint partial "OFFICIO DELLA POSTA GENERALE CORFU" on the back. Rare example of special package for coins sent by post between the islands [acquired from a descendant of the Stamatopoulos family]. (2 items) Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL £200
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IONIAN ISLANDS - CEPHALONIA/CORFU 1836-57 - COVERS WITH OVAL OR 2-RING PREPAID MARKINGS, ETC. - 1856/57 pair from Cephalonia to Patras/Syros with mainly v. fine blue oval "A II" marks with red rates in manuscript inside (one also with v. fine fancy oval matching blue d.s.), and 1830/45 quartet from Corfu to Athens(2)/Patras(2) by Austrian Ships (2), British ship "Index" with 3 having fine to very fine small 2-ring Corfu "POSTA PAGATA" marks. Fine lot. (6 covers) Cross Reference: GREECE £200
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IONIAN ISLANDS - CEPHALONIA 1859 - RARE USE OF THE ½d ORANGE + 1d BLUE ON 1½d-RATE (BY AUSTRIAN STEAMER) COVER TO CORFU - Fine 16 July 1859 EL from Cephalonia to Corfu with 4-margin 1859 1d Blue (tied by indentation of "X") + 4-margin rare 1859 ½d Orange (filing crease; cut extremely close at top right) both cancelled by black manuscript "X" markings with partly fine blue Cephalonia fancy oval d.s. (confused date; crease) on the front and with mainly fine blue 2-ring "CORFU" cds on the top flap; both stamps clearly belong to this cover. The 1½d rate represented 1d Ionian Is. postage + an extra ½d for carriage by the Austrian Lloyd steamer. A rare example of this rare rate (of which only 15 are recorded) and franking. Rare cover with two values of this short-lived and most attractive Perkins Bacon issue; these stamps were in use for less than 5 years, as the islands were finally ceded to Greece on 30 May 1864. Simmermacher Cert. (1979). Cross Reference: AUSTRIA £1,500
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IONIAN ISLANDS - CORFU 1859 - RARE USE OF THE ½d ORANGE + 1d BLUE ON 1½d-RATE (BY AUSTRIAN STEAMER) COVER TO CEPHALONIA - 30 Aug. 1859 E (reinforced inside around stamps, and other faults incl. some stains and most of the small lower flap removed) to "Cefalonia" with 1859 1d Blue + rare 1859 ½d Orange (both near 4 margins) tied to each other by a single mainly fine grey-black Corfu oval-framed "FRANCA" with mainly v. fine blue 2-ring "CORFU" cds alongside, along with a faint blue fancy oval Cephalonia arrival ds. The ½d stamp has clearly been torn from the cover many years ago and then been carefully put back in the correct place; both stamps clearly belong to this cover. The 1½d rate represented 1d Ionian Is. postage + an extra ½d for carriage by the Austrian Lloyd steamer. A rare example of this rare rate (of which only 15 are recorded) and franking. Rare cover with two values of this short-lived and most attractive Perkins Bacon issue; these stamps were in use for less than 5 years, as the islands were finally ceded to Greece on 30 May 1864. Simmermacher Cert. (1998). [Ex Corinphila auction, Dec. 2007, lot 4170; realised CHF5950=c£2500] Cross Reference: AUSTRIA £850
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