VENICE DISINFECTION; Trio with 1698 EL to Bergamo ex Zara endorsed on rear 'Fu aprita.....6 Maggio....della Sanita', 1828 EL to Venice with "ZARA" h.s. on front, opened & resealed with Sanita wafers with contents....the state of public health in Dalmatia improves by the hour.....with no news of plague.....there have been no further fatalities... and 1831 official E to Venice ex Trieste with circular "Sanita Marittima Espurgo Lettere in Venezia" cachets on rear and framed "SANITA DI VENEZIA/ESPURGATA ENTRO E FUORI" h.s. on front. (3 covers + printed map) Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, ITALIAN STATES, MAPS, AUSTRIA (Image)

SEMLIN 18th/19th CENTURY MAIL; Quartet with 1780 EL to Marseilles ex Constantinople disinfected at Semlin and endorsed 'Nette di Fuora Sporche di Dentro', 1784 EL to Marseilles ex Salonica, pin-holed and endorsed 'clean outside, dirty inside' at the Austrian Contumaz in Semlin, 1795 EL to France ex Salonica with "SIG. SANITATIS SEMLINENSIS" red wax seal on rear and 1802 EL to Lagensalza ex Smyrna with rastel punctures and disinfection cachet on front. (4 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, TURKEY (Image)

VIENNA 18th/EARLY 19th CENTURY MAIL; Range with c1798 E to Prague ex Stanislo with script-type "Gereinight" h.s. on front - previously unrecorded and a red wax seal on rear, 1831 rastel-punctured EL to Vienna with framed "AGRAM" (Zagreb) d.s. on front and with a red-wax Imperial Arms "K.K.OBERSTES/HOFPOSTAMT/IN/WIEN" on the rear and other related examples. (5 covers)Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, POLAND, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, RUSSIA (Image)

SEMLIN EARLY 19th CENTURY MAIL; Range with 1811 EL to Semlin with impressed "K.K.SEML. CONTUMAZ ET PROVENT...." seal on rear, 1825/30 rastel-punctured EL's to Verviers ex Smyrna or Constantinople one with ms. forwarding agent's endorsement and all with Semlin "NETTO DI FUORA E SPORCO DI DENTRO" cachets on rear and with "TUR" and "Turquie" h.s. on front, and other related examples. (8 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, FORWARDING AGENTS (Image)

BROD/BRODY DISINFECTION; Pair with June 1824 EL to Fume ex Odessa with oval "BRODY/IN GALIZ" h.s. on front, rated '14' kr and rastel-punched and Nov. 1847 EL to Sarajevo ex Brod with oval "NETTO DI DENTRO E DI FUORA/CONT.AMT BROOD" cachet on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

TRIESTE EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAIL; Range on leaves inc. 1829 EL to Trieste ex Dobrotta with part red-wax "S.DEl LAZZARETTO DIS. TER. DI TRIESTE" on rear, 1831 chisel-slit quarantine notice to Naples ex Trieste with reference to cholera & Typhus in Mayo (Ireland), 1835 EL to Trieste ex Alexandria with black-wax seal ""S.DEl LAZZARETTO DIS. TER. DI TRIESTE" on rear and other related examples. (8 items)Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, ITALIAN STATES, EGYPT (Image)

BRUCK DISINFECTION; Pair with Aug. 1831 official EL to Manersdorf, rastel-punctured and with red-wax seal "K.K SANITATE ANSTALT BRUCK" on rear and Sep. 1831 rastel-punched EL to Vienna ex Syra (Greece) with oval "K.K SANITATS ANSTALT BRUCK" cachet and Vienna arrival d.s. on rear. (2 covers)Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, OFFICIAL MAIL, GREECE (Image)

PRINTED DISINFECTION LABEL; 24 Nov. 1831 EL to Graz ex Bozen (Bolzano) with printed label .....neither here nor in the environs has any sign of asiatic cholera...... affixed to rear, partially over a large red wax seal. Ex France See and Meyer - illustrated by the latter at page 82. Believed the only recorded example. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, OFFICIAL MAIL, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

STORIE DISINFECTED MAIL; 1831 E to Clusone ex Zagreb pinholed and with part-framed "NETTO DI FUORA" h.s. applied to rear and rated '2'kr on front. Only one other example believed to exist. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

VIENNA & MILAN DOUBLE DISINFECTION; 19 Sep. 1831 rastel-punched EL to Milan with oval "Von der/K.K.Obersten Hop/Postvezwalting/IN WIEN" h.s. on front and red-wax "UFFICIO DI SANITA" on the rear. Only one other (a month later) example believed to exist. Rare. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, ITALIAN STATES, AUSTRIA - LOMBARDY-VENETIA (Image)

TREBLE DISINFECTED MAIL TO VIENNA; Pair with 4 Sep. 1831 official E to Vienna ex Posen where awl-punched and framed "SANITAETS/STEMPEL" h.s. applied to rear, Sent via Berlin where framed "KOEN: PREUSS/SANITAETS STEMPEL" h.s. applied and once more a Zuckmandel where red-wax seal "K.K.KOMERZIAL ZOLLAMT IN ZUCKMANDEL", and an 1818 EL to Trieste with s/l "CATTARO" h.s. and ms. endorsed 'Profumata al di fuori davanti la C. R. Deputaz. Sanitaria A Zara.....' (2 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, GERMANY, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

ZUCKMANDEL DISINFECTION; Pair of Oct. 1831 EL's to Vienna ex Frankenstein, fumigated and endorsed 'Netto di fori [sic] e di dentro' and with red-wax "K.K.KOMERZAL ZOLLAMT" on rear and further awl-punctured upon arrival in Vienna or ex Munsterberg with "Netto di fuora/e di dentro" h.s. and red-wax seal "K.K.KOMERZIAL ZOLLAMT IN ZUCKMANDEL" on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, GERMANY (Image)

ALT-GRADISCA & WAMPERSDORF DOUBLE DISINFECTION; 2 Aug. 1831 official EL to Vienna with oval "ALT-GRADISCA" h.s. on front and where endorsed 'Neto di foro Sporco di Tentro' with part red-wax seal "K.K. CONTUMAZ AMT ZU WAMPERSDORF" on the rear. Scarce. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA (Image)

FUERSTENFELD WAX SEAL; 4 Sep. 1831 EL to Graz with oval "GROS=/CANISA" (Hungary) h.s. and "NETTO DI FUORA/E DI DENTRO" h.s. on front and large-part red wax seal "K.K./CONTUMAZ/FURSTEN/FELD" on rear. The only example believed to exist. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, HUNGARY (Image)

STORIE & TRIESTE DOUBLE DISINFECTION; 11 Feb. 1832 E to Venice ex Laibach with red wax seal "K.K. CONTUMAZ ANSTALT STORIE" on rear and with red-framed "Netto di fuorae/Netto di dentro" h.s. on front and scorch-treatment applied in Trieste enroute. Rare. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, ITALIAN STATES, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

SEMLIN LATER 19th CENTURY MAIL; Range with 1833 EL to Trieste with fancy oval "SEMLIN" h.s. on front and Semlin "NETTO DI FUORA E SPORCO DI DENTRO" cachet and part red-wax "SIGIL. SANITATIS/SEMLINENSIS" on rear , 1839 EL to Trieste ex Salonica with Semlin "NETTO DI FUORA E SPORCO DI DENTRO" cachet and a red wax seal on rear and other related examples. (12 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, TURKEY (Image)

HABACH MILITARY MAIL; 1832 pair of EL's to Innsbruck both with large oval "NETTO/DI/FUORA" marks and part large red paper wafer seals on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, MILITARY, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)

HOCHEBEN WAX SEALED MAIL; Pair with Oct. 1831/Feb. 1832 EL's to Niederdorf ex Trieste and with Coat of Arms red wax seal "K.K.CONTUMAZ/NORSACH IN TIROL" on rear or ex Luggau with red wax seal "K.K.RASTELL/HOCHEBEN IN TIROL" on rear . (2 covers) (Image)

KENTY/KETY (POLAND) DISINFECTION; 6 July 1831 rastel-punctured EL (small faults) to Blumau with oval "BRODY/ IN GALLIZ" h.s. on front and circular "K.K./m:s Moravian Commission, Silesian Sanitary Cordon" h.s. on rear and rated '14' kr. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, POLAND (Image)

TRIESTE MAIL WITH SANITA TERGESTI WAFER; 29 Dec. 1836 EL (small faults; contents ref. the wreck of the Pericles and its survivors held at Trieste lazaretto) to Leghorn with oval "V.TRIESTE" h.s. on front with "SANITA TERGESTI" seal on rear and printed label must be kept secret - a double fine if opened affixed over the seal. The only example believed to exist. Illustrated by Meyer on page 104. Ex Prof. Ravasini . Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, GREECE, ITALIAN STATES, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)

KENTY/KETY (POLAND) DISINFECTION; July 1831 E to Woynicz with s/l "WIEN" h.s. on front with oval "Netto di Fuora/e di dentro" and red-wax PO "K.K.POST-AMT KENTY" both on rear, the latter used to reseal the letter and scarce thus. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, POLAND (Image)

TRIESTE 19th CENTURY MAIL; Range inc. 1837 EL to Venice ex Nauplion with double-framed "GRECE" origin h.s. on front and framed "Netto di fuora e/Netto di dentro" h.s. in red on rear, 1839 chisel-slit EL to Trieste ex Syra and rated '36' kr on rear, 1844 EL to Trieste ex Athens with red-wax seal "SANITATIS TERGESTI" applied to rear and other related examples. (7 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, ITALIAN STATES, GREECE, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)

KENTY/KETY (POLAND) DISINFECTION; July 1831 E to Vienna with fancy oval "MYSLENICE" and oval "Netto di fuora/e di dentro" h.s. on front and red-wax seal "K.K.POST-AMT KENTY" and two-line "WIEN" arrival d.s. on rear. Initially rated '14' and deleted and rerated '28' kr. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, POLAND (Image)

ZUPPANJE DISINFECTION; 20 Apr. 1838 EL (file fold; from the Bishops of Bosnia) privately carried by courier and without charge marks, carried Zuppanje (Croatian frontier) where rastel-punctured and endorsed (in German) Gerauchert bay der Amt Filiale/Zuppanje am 17 April 1838 at top. Rare place of disinfection; Meyer only records such instance four years earlier. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, YUGOSLAVIA (Image)

KENTY/KETY (POLAND) DOUBLE DISINFECTED MAIL; 3 Aug. 1831 much-reduced EL to Nice ex Taganrog with s/l "Russie" and "NOVARA" h.s. on front with oval "Netto di fuora/e di dentro", oval "R.GIUNTA SANITARA DI NOVARA" cachet and large part red wax "K.K Post Amt Kenty" seal all on rear. Unusual double disinfection. Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, ITALIAN STATES (Image)