17th CENTURY MAIL TO/FROM THE ITALIAN STATES; Range with 28 Feb. 1669 EL to Genoa ex Lyon without markings and a transit time of 9 days, 1692/93 EL's to Leghorn ex Marseilles each rated '34' quadrini on front, one with forwarding agents endorsement on rear (Castri of Genoa), 16 Mar. 1695 EL to Avignon ex Rome and rated '4' sols on front, July/Aug. 1695 EL's to Lille ex Genoa or Rome rated '8' patars Lille on the front, Sep. 1696 EL to Leghorn ex Marseilles endorsed 'franca g' and 'P 20 Migl' and with two forwarding agents endorsements on rear (Ricord of Nice & Genochio of Genoa), Oct. 1698 EL to Brussels ex Turin with "DE.LYON" (Lenain 1) h.s. on front and rated '11' rials and a few similar examples. (11 covers) Cross Reference : FORWARDING AGENTS, BELGIUM, ITALIAN STATES, NETHERLANDS (Image)

FRENCH P.O. IN THE ITALIAN STATES INC. HEAVY WEIGHT MAIL; Range with 10 Dec. 1736 EL to Marseilles rated '13' sols with "DITALIE" (Lenain type 4) h.s. on front, 23 Mar. 1771 EL to Marseilles with "NAPOLI" (Vollmeier 1.19) h.s. on front and rated '22' sols, 16 July 1762 EL to Marseilles "DE TOSCANE" (Lenain type 6 - struck at Aix) weighed at 6½-7 gros and rated '3 livres 1 sol' due, 21 Aug. 1772 El to Marseilles ex Palermo with "NAPOLI" h.s. on front and rated '22' sols with Delfin & Meuricoffre forwarding agents endorsement on rear, 1 Apr. 1785 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn with "TOSCANE" (Lenain type 7) h.s. on front and rated '45' sols (5 x 18 sols), 20 Aug. 1789 El to Marseilles ex Palermo rated '22' sols with circular "RO/F" (Vollmeier 6.1) Naples inspectors mark on rear and other related or similar examples. (27 covers) Cross Reference : FORWARDING AGENTS, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

FRENCH P.O. IN ITALY & FRENCH ENTRY MARKS EX ITALY; Range with 4 Dec. 1741 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn with "D'ITALIE" (Lenain 4) h.s. applied at Turin on front and rated '13' sols, 7 Aug. 1746 EL to Marseilles ex Genoa with "GENES" h.s. on front and rated '13' sols, 1760/67 EL's to Genoa ex Paris or Madrid each rated '20' sols and with "DE.PARIS" h.s. on front, 28 Mar. 1777 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn rated '18' sols with "TOSCANE" Unrecorded by Lenain (27 x 5mm) h.s. on front and other similar or related examples. (17 items) Cross Reference : SPAIN, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

HEAVY LETTERS TO/FROM THE ITALIAN STATES; Range with 4 Dec. 1753 EL to Genoa rated '22' sols with "DE.PARIS" h.s. on front, 26 Mar. 1782 EL to Paris ex Milan with "MILAN/L" rated '26' sols on rear and '27' sols on front to include '1' sol surcharge for a suspected small enclosure, 18 Apr. 1782 EL to Naples ex Palermo with "PALERMO" h.s. on front, redirected to Marseilles initially charged '7' baiocchi with a further '25' sols charged and other related examples. (12 covers) Cross Reference : ITALIAN STATES, REDIRECTED MAIL (Image)