19th CENTURY MAIL TO EUROPE; Range on annotated leaves inc. 1844/48 EL's to Edinburgh datelined at Valparaiso or with double-arc "VALPARAISO" d.s. on rear and rated '8'(d) or '2/-' on front, 1851 EL to Lyon with double-arc "VALPARAISO" d.s. and "PANAMA/TRANSIT" mark on front, 1857/58 unpaid E's to Bordeaux with octagonal "GB/2F87 5/10c" accountancy marks on front, 1869 unpaid EL to Bordeaux with Valparaiso cds and "PANAMA-TRANSIT" cds on front, 1871/74 envs. to France franked 5c or wholly unpaid with framed "GB/1F60c" or octagonal "GB/1F90C" accountancy marks on front and charged '12' (or '10' and corrected to '12) or '15' decimes on front and 1873 unpaid E to Cadiz with "VALPARAISO/UNPAID" cds on rear. (10 covers) Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, FRANCE, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SPAIN (Image)

PART-PAID MAIL TO FRANCE; Feb. 1862 E (few faults) to Havre ex Santiago franked 5c + 10c, slightly overlapped, three margins each and tied by circular/bar cancels and representing the internal rate (to Valparaiso) and carriage to Panama sent via Calais with framed "GB/2F87 5/10c" accountancy mark on front and rear with Valparaiso, London, Paris and Le Havre d.s. Attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)

TAX MARKS ON MAIL TO FRANCE; Range on annotated leaves with 1876/79 EL to Bordeaux with "VALPARAISO/UNPAID" cds on rear, rated by "16" decimes h.s. or ms. '23' (decimes) and with "T/1-10" h.s. in blue or black or "T/1-70" h.s. in black on front, 1877/80 envs. to Bordeaux 'via Panama' with "VALPARAISO/UNPAID" cds on rear with bold seriffed "T" in blue on front and rated '46' or '32' decimes on front. (5 covers) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)