The Illyrian Province under Napoleon (1807-1813) The following 80+ lots are a seldom seen offer of the postmarks of that period used between 1809 and 1813 including some unique items and some postmarks with less than 4 or 5 known up to now. One has to bear in mind that the usage of these postmarks was only for a short period of 4 or so years. This important collection was shown several times internationally & regionally, receiving Inter Alia A Large Gold at Alpe-Adria Exhibition 1809 RAGUSA Dto. D’ALBANIA: Black boxed postmark on folded letter originating from Castel Nuovo (Herceg Novi) to Imola, very rare and only a handful covers known with this postmark (Image)

1809-1810 RAGUSE ILLYRIE: Red 2-line postmark on private, folded letter to Venezia, dated 29.9.1810, also official letter ex 1809 from Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to Stagno (Ston), fine duo (Image)

1810 LAYBACH ILLYRIE: Folded letter from Ministry of War sent via Ljubljana to San Daniele, Italy, bearing on reverse superb red 3-line “DEB. LAYBACH ILLYRIE” in large letters, rare postmark in top quality (Image)

1810 CARLSTADT ILLYRIE: Folded letter from the Borelli Correspondence bearing small blue locally manufactured 2-line “Carlstadt Illyrie” (25.7.10) to Zara to the mayor Andrea Borelli, a superb postmark, unknown in literature and most probably unique (Image)

1810 MILITARY MAIL: Blue 2-line postmark “No.4 ARM.D’ILLYRIE” on folded letter from Karlstadt (Karlovac) to Zara, ex Borelli Correspondence, early usage and in BLUE colour unknown, rare item (Image)

1810 FIUME ILLYRIE: Folded letter from the Borelli Correspondence bearing small red, locally manufactured, 2-line “FIUME ILLYRIE” (19.7.1810) to Zara to Andrea Borelli, very fine and one of only two items known, plus 1810 official entire with large red 2-line “FIUME ILLYRIE” to Trieste, the small type is extremely rare and not mentioned in literature (Image)

1810 CATTARO ILLYRIE: Red 2-line postmark on 1810 official entire to Castel Nuovo (Herceg Novi), very fine (Image)

1810 CARLSTADT ILLYRIE: Folded letter from the Borelli Correspondence bearing BLUE large letter 2-line “CARLSTADT ILLYRIE” (7.9.10) to Zara to the mayor Andrea Borelli, a very fine postmark and unique in blue (Image)

1812 Red TRIESTE ILLYRIE on official letter to Zara, also DEB TIESTE ILLYRIE on cover from Augsburg and in error sent to Trieste instead Trento, very fine duo (Image)

1810 RAGUSE: Red 3-line ‘P.P. RAGUSE ILLYRIE’ on private, folded letter to Venezia dated 10.10.1810, taxation markings on front and back, very scarce (Image)

1810 MILITARY MAIL: Black 2-line postmark ‘No.1 ARM.D’ILLYRIE’ on official letter sent to Milano to the Vice-King of Italy Eugene de Beauharnais, scarce and interesting (Image)

1810 LAYBACH ILLYRIE: Folded letter bearing red 2-line “LAYBACH ILLYRIE” (16.7.10) in large letters to “Bonn pres Cologne” with new address at back forwarded (resent) to Amsterdam, very interesting postal history item and very fine (Image)

1810 CARLSTADT ILLYRIE: Folded letter from the Borelli Correspondence bearing black large letter 2-line “CARLSTADT ILLYRIE” (9.4.10) to Zara to the mayor Andrea Borelli, written by his son Biagio (an officer in the Illyrian Army), a very fine postmark (Image)

1810 Red Bau Gal ARM.D’ILLYRIE on cover to Zara, very fine, rare (Image)

1810 CARLSTADT ILLYRIE: Folded letter from the Borelli Correspondence bearing black 2-line “CARLSTADT ILLYRIE” (7.8.10) to Zara to the mayor Andrea Borelli, very fine postmark (Image)

1811 SEBENICO ILLYRIE: Black 2-line postmark on private folded letter to Zara to Andrea Borelli, dated 4.11.1811, very fine postmark (Image)

1810 No.5 ARM.D’ILLYRIE, 2-line postmark on letter from Trieste to France, interesting (Image)

1812 Bau.Gal 9.AVRIL on cover with additional LAYBACH ILLYRIE to Ragusa, very fine and scarce (Image)

1810-1813 Group of 4 official covers, miltary / civil / customs, mostly very fine (Image)

1812-1813 Group of 4 official covers, miltary or civil, noted Scardona, mostly very fine (Image)

1813 Group of 4 official covers mostly civil authoritiesl, mostly very fine seals & cachets (Image)

1810-1813 Group of 4 official covers, miltary and or civil & 6 documents with signettes of Illyria mostly very fine (Image)

1810-1813 Group of 4 official military covers, one with faint LAIBACH ILLYRIE, interesting (Image)

1813 Bau Gal 17.AVRIE on cover to Spalato, fine & scarce (Image)

1810-1812 Group of 4 official covers, miltary or civil, mostly very fine (Image)