The balance of the collection comprising mostly entires on exhibit pages arranged alphabetically by region & town, the majority with straight-line handstamps, many better items noted with Alentejo including 'ALVITO', 'ARRAIOLOS', boxed 'ELUAS', 'FERREIRA', 'MONTEMOR' Type 2, 'PORTALEGRE' in green (1838); Beiras including 'CASTo BRANCO' in sepia (1845), 'SEGURA/GUARDA', 'MUIMENTA', 'S COMBA DAO', 'SOURE', 'TONDELLA' Type 3 (ERD; unrated - 10? - & unpriced by Luis Frazao), 'VIZEU' Type 3 (rated 8), magnificent 'VOVZUELA'; Entre Douro e Minho including 'AMARAN/TE'-in-fancy-oval in red, 'FAFE'-in-fancy-oval (rated 7), 'FILGUEIRAS' in red (rated 7), 'SEGURA/PONTE/DA/BARCA' in red (rated 7), 'VIANNA DO MINHO' in red (1801; rated 9; very fine strike but on defective outer only); Estremadura including 'ALCOBACA', 'MOITA' (rated 7), chamfered-boxed 'POMBAL', manuscript "Rda" of Redinha, 'SEGURA/V FRANCA D REST', 'Recebi/...' Type 2 of Setubal (rated 7); and Tras-os-Montes including 'MONCORUO', 'PEZODAREGOA' (the second 'E' is reversed); etc. The quality is variable but most of the strikes are fine to very fine with some superb strikes included, Frazao Cat €15,000+ (2013). [NB: For the related group of items from Lisbon, see Lot 1019. For mail to and from Portugal's Atlantic Islands, see Lot 1023]

An audacious move would be to buy this lot, then re-assemble the collection from what follows. (135 approx)

Estimate AU$3,000

Mostly inwards entire letters to Porto from Brazil x12, the earliest of 1813 with light 'CORREYO DA B' h/s in blue, 1825 with poor 'CORo MARITIMO' h/s & enclosed Bill of Lading, 1843 with British-pattern 'CORREIO GERAI DO CORTE' cds, and 1852 with 'Lei de 20/4 50' h/s in red (rated 7; part-outer only), etc; from France with '240' or '480' rate h/s; from England x11 including 1802 fumigated for plague (badly stained), 1821 endorsed "Missent to Plymouth", 1832 fumigated for cholera, and 1851 with 'Lei de 20/4 50' h/s in red (rated 7); from Italy 1834 with boxed 'ITALIE/PAR/ANTIBES' h/s; from USA (1850); also 1833 from Lisbon per British vessel during siege of Porto; condition variable. A very interesting lot. (28)

Estimate AU$800

Miscellaneous group of duplicated items & others that didn't 'fit' in the exhibit, also some later covers & Postal Cards. A bit of a mystery box but guaranteed to be a bargain at the estimate. (61 items)

Estimate AU$400

1586 (March 1) entire 3pp merchant's letter signed "Aluise Vezatto" & "Sebastian Levaro" from Lisbon to Bartholomew Corsini & Company in London with courier's endorsement on the face in Italian "L'alli G p Veronio fatteci fa di lare", docketing on reverse with arrival date "Avri 27", remarkably fine for 450 year old paper. A very early entire from Portugal. [The extensive Corsini Correspondence, discovered only in the 1980s, remains one of the most important Renaissance archives to come on the market. A 1571 document states of the Corsini family: "Theis parsons...are thought to be the greatest bringars of forren commodities into the realme..." We note that David Weeden's earliest item was dated 1793, more than 200 years later than this letter]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1587 (March 22) entire internal letter from Lisbon addressed to "Alonso Truxillo de Aguilar/Alferes de la comp de don Julio de mansilla" indicating a military connection, ribbon-slit on the face, a bit soiled mostly within. [Between 1581 and 1640, Portugal endured "Sixty Years of Captivity" at the hands of Spain. A succession crisis erupted in 1580, on the death of the young king, Sebastian I. The machinations read like 'Game of Thrones'. Philip II of Spain exploited the situation & united the two countries into the Iberian Union]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1609 (August 8) entire letter endorsed "Por el Rey" (= for the King) & signed "Yo El Rey" (= I am the King) addressed to Don Luis Bravo de Acuna, the commander of the King's fleet of galleons in Portugal. A very fine royal entire from the "Captivity" period. [Spain's Phillip III, styled Philip II of Portugal, reigned 1598-1621. Under him & his son Philip IV, Portuguese wealth & influence declined. Portugal reclaimed its autonomy in 1640 when the then Duke of Braganza was installed as King Joao IV. However, the consequent Restoration War against Spain lasted until 1668]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1631-1796 group of mercantile entires comprising six to Italy (Livorno x3, Genoa x2 & Siena), the latest with very fine '[crown]/MADRID.I.' transit b/s; 1633 internal to "Castello davide" (about 150km E of Lisbon, near the Spanish border); 1634 to "Notre Dame a Paris" with agent's endorsement on the reverse "Par la voye des Sr Cramoisy"; 1724 to Aberdeen which states "...this goes by sea to London..."; 1733 to "Leith near Edinburgh" with London transit bishop mark of 'MR/11'; 1772 to London with arrival bishop mark of 'DE/7'; 1787 two to Flanders both with light 'PORTVGAL' transit h/s applied in Spain; and 1789 from London rated "8" (pence) & "120" (reis); all but one are fine to very fine. [These are curiously noted as from the "Period of Correios-Mores" (= Post Office), but the public mail service had been created in 1520] (14)

Grade A-B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1698 outer endorsed "Per El Rey" (= for the King) addressed to the Governor & Capital [?] General of the States of Brazil with two small ribbon-slits, plus the enclosed letter with "Sun & Moon" watermark & signed "Rey", both with internal worm damage & repairs with archival tape but of fine appearance. [Pedro II was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death in 1706. Mail to Brazil in this period is very scarce. Until gold was discovered early in the 18th century, the Brazilian economy was largely based on sugar and slaves] (2 items)

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1773 entire from Portugal's King Joseph I to "D Fernando Rei das duas Secilias" (= Fernando King of the Two Sicilies) and signed "El Rey/JR", small ribbon-slits & impressive 68mm wafered seal, very fine; and similar of 1790 from Queen Maria I signed "A Rainha", vertical fold through the seal. (2)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1790 chatty letter headed "Aquilon in the River Tagus at Lisbon" to the writer's mother at "Croydon/Surry" with almost fine 'PORTSMOUTH/SHIP-LRE' h/s & light 'DE/4/90' b/s, rated "5" then re-rated "6"(d) due from the recipient, very minor blemishes. [The British Fleet was at the Tagus, after being on station at Gibraltar. The writer states "...before leaving Gibralter, the General of the Rock had a letter from our Embassidor at Madrid saying that it was all settled only the terms not signed...we are now laying off Balum Castle and been here for two days in Quarantine...The Swallow Sloop and Rose Frigate Sails for England to morrow I take this opportunity of wrighting to you..."]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1793 mercantile entire headed "Norwich March 14 1793" addressed to "Thenerife/Isla de Canarias - via Madrid y Coruna" but endorsed "Via Lisbon" in red, 'ESPANA' & 'PORTUGAL' straight-line handstamps both in red applied in Spain, rated "3" (reales) due on arrival. Very appealing.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1794 mercantile entire headed "Hamburgh the 22 July 1794" addressed to "Porto Orotava/Teneriffe" & endorsed "Por Cadiz", carried via London where 'P'-in-circle h/s applied at the Foreign Office, 'ESPANA' in red & 'PORTUGAL' straight-line handstamps applied in Spain, rated "10" (reales) due on arrival, a bit stained. [See 'Postal History Society Journal' (Dec 2006) where stated to be the only recorded example of the 'P'-in-circle h/s on mail to Portugal]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1799 (Jan 21) mercantile entire Porto to Lisbon with largely fine & earliest recorded strike of the rare 'CORo EXTRAORDo/PORTO' handstamp (Frazao #PRT-E1; rated 9; Cat €1000) indicating express service at three times the normal rate of 20r but the rate not endorsed. Very attractive. [There was no example in David Weeden's collection]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1801 (July 23) internal entire to Braga with very fine strike of the 'PORTO' h/s (Frazao #PRT5; rated 7; Cat €350) & '20' h/s for the first weight step travelling up to 10 leagues. [Luis Frazao records this marking in 1800 only. This is the LRD by 9 months]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1803 (Oct 21) lengthy entire in Portuguese headed "Riga 21 de Outoubro 1803" with light but obvious strike of small boxed 'RIGA' h/s, to Vianna do Minho apparently per Dutch ship with 'OLANDA' (= Holland) transit h/s, inwards charge of "330" (reis) + "40" for internal mail, two 26mm disinfection slits. Terrific origin/destination item. [Between 1795 & 1918, Latvia was part of Russia]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1808 (June 6) lengthy entire in French headed "Lisbonne ce 6 Juin 1808" to Paris with partly very fine strike of the rare 'BAU GAL/ARM DE PORTUGAL' h/s (Frazao #Armée 2; rated 9), superb 'October/29/1808' transit b/s of London & French "10" (decimes) endorsement. [Refusal by the Portuguese to place an embargo on the UK resulted in Napoleon Bonaparte's troops invading Portugal. Lisbon was captured on 8.12.1807, causing the royal family to flee to Brazil where a government-in-exile was established at Rio de Janeiro. Mail from the first French Invasion period is rare, & unpriced by Luis Frazao]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1810 (Nov 4) Peninsular War entire to Devon with very fine strike of the scarce 'LISBON/ F ' transit d/s in blue applied at Falmouth (Cornwall), rated "2/1", internal repairs & wax seal-stain still most presentable; 1812 (May) entire from Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) to Lancashire with the same d/s of MY22/1812 (LRD by two years) in blue, rated "2/5"; and 1841 to Wiltshire with the same marking - with the date removed - on the reverse, rated "2/9". David Weeden's 1810 usage of the 'LISBON/ F ' cds sold for £345. His 1842 usage with the date removed sold for £161. [The first written at Malveira, 30km N of Lisbon, by a British soldier who states "...I certainly now see no end to the war campaigns... What a mess up that scoundrel Bonaparte makes in the world...People in [Lisbon] have recovered from their fright and all trade is back again..."] (3)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1810 (July 24) partly cross-written entire from Scotland endorsed "Pd 1/2" with 'TURRIFF/563/E' b/s & Edinburgh Free d/s in red, to an officer "with Lord Wellingtons Army/in Portugal/Lisbon" endorsed "PPd via General Post Office London" but with no London transit so presumably carried directly to Portugal, separation of the panels unfortunately 'repaired' with adhesive tape still presentable.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1811 (Jan 10) lengthy entire in French headed "thomao le 10 Janvier 1811" (= Tomar, 110km NE of Lisbon) to Caen with a very fine strike of the rare 'BAU GAL/ARM DE PORTUGAL' h/s (Frazao #Armée 2var; rated 9), disinfection slit at right & heavily stained from being fumigated but, as our friends in real estate would say, 'full of character'. [Luis Frazao notes only the one handstamp of this type: see the previous lot, it measures 52x8mm. The h/s on this & the next lot measures 53x10mm & is unrecorded]

Grade D (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1811 (Jan 13) lengthy entire in French headed "Le Punhette le 13 janvier 1811" (= Punhete, 120km NE of Lisbon) to the Loire with a very fine strike of the rare 'BAU GAL/ARM DE PORTUGAL' h/s (Frazao #Armée 2var; rated 9), two 37mm disinfection slits, rated "9" (decimes), the address-panel soiled, Pothion guarantee h/s on the reverse. [In response to the second French invasion of Portugal in 1809, the Duke of Wellington's forces intervened & defeated the French. A third invasion was launched in September 1810 but the British-lead forces contained the offensive & drove out the French in March 1811. French forces mail from this brief third invasion period is extremely rare]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1811 (Jan 29) entire in French headed "Thomarle 29 Janvier 1810" (= Tomar, 110km NE of Lisbon: the year date is an error) to Montargis with a light but fine strike of the rare 'No 6/ARM DE PORTUGAL' h/s overstruck with very fine 'BAU CENTRAL/ARM D'ESPAGNE' h/s in use at Valladolid (Spain), small disinfection slit, rated "9" (decimes), redirected with very fine 'DEB 43/MONTARGIS' b/s, Pothion guarantee h/s on the reverse. [The No 6 Army h/s is not recorded by Luis Frazao so it would be rated 10]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1811 (Feb 16) entire in French headed "Santarem le 16 fevrier 1811" (70km NE of Lisbon) to "Monaco/Dept des alpes Maritimes" with a very fine strike of the 'No 9/ARM FRANCAISE/EN ESPAGNE' h/s believed to be in use at Salamanca (Spain), 25mm disinfection slit, rated "10" (decimes) corrected to "15", a bit soiled. A wonderful item for a Monaco collection. [Monaco was absorbed into France in 1793 until 17.5.1814 only. NB: David Weeden had no Napoleonic War covers]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1811 (June 12) entire letter in Portuguese headed "Londres 12 de Junho 1811" to Lisbon with a light but obvious strike of the 'INGLA/TERRA'-"lemon" h/s (Frazao LSB-CM-OE3; rated 8) affected by a horizontal filing fold, rated "1530" (reis), a little soiled. [The 'lemon' h/s was applied at Lisbon to incoming mail from England]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1814 (May 23) fascinating mercantile entire comprising three separate letters, two marked "duplicate" headed "New York May 25th 1814", the third headed "Glasgow 25th July 1814", endorsed "PPacket" & "Pd 2/9" with 'PAID/AT/GLASGOW'-in-oval h/s & boxed 'GLASGOW/27AUG1814/405---U' d/s, docketed "Received 9th September 1814", ironed-out filing crease. [The first letter states "The communication with your Port now entirely cut off..." & the second states "As the Blocade of our Ports prevents any Communication with Lisbon..." During the British-American War of 1812, the British blockaded US ports, the blockade being 'total' by the end of May 1814. It is thus remarkable that any commercial correspondence from that time got through the lines. Hostilities ceased only in February 1815]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1816 (April 7) entire headed "Santa Cruz" (in Spain) to "Brassils/Rio Janeiro" with illegible Spanish h/s & light but clear 'HESPANHA'-in-oval h/s (Frazao #LSB-OE2) applied at Lisbon, rated "170" (reis) being 90r from Spain + 80r to Brazil, a little soiled.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200