19th CENTURY PRE-STAMP & GB USED IN FRANKINGS; Small group with 1810 treble weight reduced EL to London with red curved framed "MALTA" h.s. on front and rated '9/-', 1847 EL to Alexandria rated '5'(d) with "MALTA/PAID" h.s. 1850 EL to London with double-arc "MALTA/PAID" d.s. on rear endorsed 'via Marseilles' and rated '2/10'(d), 1864 EL to Malta ex Alexandria with cds for both on rear and rated '5'(d) plus 1858/66 E or front to Genoa or Catania franked 4d or 2d pair with Malta duplexes or "M" cancel. (7 covers + 1 front) Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, GREAT BRITAIN, EGYPT (Image)

CURVED MALTA HANDSTAMP GROUP; Range of original correspondence to Lady Caroline Clements in London (one to Celbridge, Ireland) inc. Dec. 1826 extensive EL datelined H.M.S Zebra (1815-40) "....the Marquis of Hastings had died at Naples....he is to be buried alongside King Tom [Sir Thomas Maitland 1759-1824] the late Governor....I am just come down below from a very tedious & irksome lookout on a pirate....under Cape Matapan [Greece]....a Greek Corvette,she had no colours up .....hoisted over ensign, the bombard showed Ionian colours and bore down on us...." The front with part framed arc "PAID/MALTA" with ms. 'Not Paid' above and rated '3/2'(d) plus three others also datelined at the same ship, two with arc-framed "MALTA" h.s. on front, another carried privately to Dover and a Dec. 1825 extensive cross-written EL datelined H.M.S Naiad [1797-1898] Gulf of Algiers privately carried and posted in Plymouth. (5 covers) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, IONIAN ISLANDS, GREECE, ALGERIA (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY GROUP; Range on leaves & loose with 1863/81 ½d QV inc. Perf 14 yellow buff used, pale buff unused, yellow mint, Perf 12½ mint, 1882/84 ½d both shades mint, 1885/90 mint and used to 1/-, 1926/27 ¼d - 5/- complete mint, 1928 'POSTAGE/AND/REVENUE' opts mint to 5/- and used to 1/-, 1930 ¼d - 5/- mint & partly duplicated, 1938 KGVI ¼d - 10/- mint (2 sets), 1939 defective env. to H.M.S Warspite franked Palestine 10m tied by Jaffa cds with Malta 1d pair p.dues, 1948 Self Govt. complete set mint, 1956/58 QEII ½d - £1 used etc. (hundreds) Cross Reference: PALESTINE, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY MAIL; Range with 1903 KEVII 1d PC to Liege, 1906 local PPC to Notabile franked KEVII ½d tied by Sliema PO cds with Notabile thimble cds on front, 1910 printed matter env. to Budapest franked ¼d pair, 1919 PPC to Angola franked KGV ¼d pair, 1921 local printed matter franked KGV ¼d tied by Valletta cds, 1922 unsealed env. to NY franked ½d, 1923 KGV 1d PC to Switzerland uprated ½d, 1924/34 KGV 3d reg. env.s to England or Italy franked 3d or 1½d, Apr. 1925 local unsealed unfranked env. to Valletta with provisional ½d p.due tied by Valetta cds, 1927 env. to London franked ¼d pair with "T" mark and 2d p.due tied to front, 1929 env. to Bristol franked 4½d with Valetta reg. label affixed, 1956 airmail env. to New Zealand franked QEII 3d with "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/FOR TRANSMISSION BY AIRMAIL" h.s. on front, small range of revenue stamps with a few on documents etc. (c100 items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

KEVII/KGV HIGH VALUES: Range of better, mostly fine used, high values on stock card. Includes 1904 5/- green & red on yellow SG 63, 1914-21 2/- purple & bright blue/blue (mint & used) & 5/- green & red on yellow SG 88, 1922 10/- slate-grey & brown SG 138 and 1926 2/- brown & blue optd "POSTAGE" SG 153. A useful group. Cat. £640 (6) (Image)