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Malta - John Birkett Allan Collection continued...

Malta: Early Letters and Documents continued...
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41 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1790 (May 30) entire letter to Count Giovanni de Lazara in Malta from Padua sent by sea to Venice where “Venezia” mark applied and then overland to Naples where rated “4” and a further “2” in Malta (both on the reverse), fine. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £160-200

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
42 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1790 (Aug. 16) entire letter to Malta with straight line “NISMES” in black and rated “11” in black, fine. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
43 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1791 (Mar. 13) entire letter to Count Antonio de Lazara in Padua from Malta and written by Knight Gian Batta Albergotti, “MESSINA” transit mark in yellow and variously routed and rated “18” scudo (Messina), “9” bajocci (Rome), “13” soldi (Venice) and “15” soldi (Padua). Reverse rated “3,55” possibly Maltese Tari and Grani. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £140-160

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
44 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1791 (June 11) letter to Ferdinand, King of Naples and Sicily from Grand Master (1775-97) Emmanuel de Rohan Polduc “I have charged Innocenzo Pignatelli to thank you face to face and to explain you my feelings about the magnanimous off you made me via him of your ship the Tancredi, your frigate the Sirena and all the other forces to which I might have need....things here in this religious house and in this island are so very peaceful that I will not need to availa myself of your generous offer.” Photo. (Image1)

Est. £750-800

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
45 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1791 (July 16) and 1792 (May 17) entire letters to Count Antonio de Lazara in Padua from Malta and written by Marchese Barbaro or Gio Battista Albergotti and rated “7” or “10” soldi on the front. (2 items) (Image1)

Est. £160-180

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
46 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1791 (Sept. 24) entire letter from Commander Saillon of the Order of Malta in Turin with straight line “MESSINA” mark in yellow applied en route, sent by Charles Del Pozzo concerning contenders for the successor to the current Grand Master, fine. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £180-200

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
47 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1792 (Dec. 13) entire letter “Roma per” to Count Antonio de Lazara in Padua from Malta and written by Knight Gio Domo Barbaro of the Grand Priory of Venice. Sent via Naples (rated “3” soldi), Ancona and Venice (“8”soldi) and “10” soldi upon arrival. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
48 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1797 (July 18) entire letter to Ferdinand, King of Naples and Sicily by Grand Master (1797-98) Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim “Having been selected supreme Governor of this my Holy Order....I prostrate myself and beg you to deign to continue your royal protection towards me and the Order that you have always protected in the past. I will continue to pray to God for you and the Royal Family”. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £500-550

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
49 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1798 (Jan. 12 and Feb. 23) to the same addressee in Jura, France from Malta both with “GENOVA” straight line marks and charges “20” or “30” centimes and carried by courier of the Order to Genoa, fine. (2) (Image1)

Est. £150-170

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
50 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1798 (June 11) entire letter (in French) to Paris written by Suchez “De Devant Malte” to his uncle Andre Gastaud, member of the Conseil des Anciens with “CADIZ” straight line in red and rated “20” decimes with content (translated) “We arrived at Malta after 26 days....General Bonaparte sent an envoy to ask the Grand Master to permit a garrison (at Malta)....The Grand Master must have said no.....an hour later fighting started....it would appear the Grand Master (Hompesch) has surrendered....by dusk all the island had been taken except for the Capital....”. Very important insight into the capture of Malta by Napoleon, mostly fine. March 1798, he served under General Guillaume Brune in the invasion of Switzerland.[3] At the end of the campaign, he was promoted to brigade general and was given the honor of presenting the flags captured from the enemy to the Directory.[3][5] Although designated to take part in the expedition to Egypt, Brune kept Suchet’s services and appointed him his chief of staff in the Army of Italy. Ex ‘Victory’ collection. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £2,000-2,500

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Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
51 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1798 (June 18) Order (small faults) handwritten by Napoleon Bonaparte at Malta to General Dommartin on French Republic letterhead with remarkable content “I do not intend the frigate ‘La Sensible’ should leave this port until it has been supplied at the arsenal with the quantity of powder and canon balls of 12, calculated on the basis of 60 shots per gun. I ask you to implement these orders because the frigate is waiting to take the supplies on board in order to set sail.”, mostly fine and with a “BIBLIOTECA/LINDESIANA” mark at lower right. ‘La Sensible’ was to carry fine items (bronzes, paintings, silks and banners etc.) looted by the French in Malta back to France and therefore of considerable interest to Napoleon. Important insight into the French capture of Malta and an exhibition centrepiece. Exceptional rarity being one of only three examples of mail composed by Napoleon during the week he was in Malta en route to Egypt, believed to exist. Ex Coates. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £8,000-10,000

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
52 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1800 (Dec. 12) letter from Admiral Lord Keith, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean headed “His Britannic Majesty’s/Ship Foudroyant La Valletta/12 December 1800” to James Tough, British Consul in Palermo, fine. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
53 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1804 (June 23) entire letter to Jura, France from Malta sent via the French P.O. in Rome with “BUREAU FRANCAIS/ROME” mark struck in black and rated “10” decimes. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £300-320

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
54 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1805 (Apr. 30) letterhead “BY MAJOR GENERAL VILLETTES, Commanding HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES in the islands of MALTA and GOZO” and signed by him and giving leave of absence for the Assistant Surgeon 20th Regiment of Foot to go to England with invalids. Note: Lieutenant General William Anne Villettes (1754-1808) became Commander in Chief of the British Army in the Mediterranean in 1802. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-220

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
55 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1812 (Oct. 20) entire letter to Genoa from Malta with “VOIE DE MER/PAR GENES” mark in black and applied during the French Occupation (Napoleonic Wars) and rated ‘9’, fine. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
56 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1819 (Dec. 25) entire letter to Paris from Malta with two strikes of the “COLONIES PAR/MARSEILLE” mark in black, unusual and probably incorrectly applied on a letter from Malta. Rated “10’” sols with Paris arrival datestamp on the reverse. Ex Eastgate. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-220

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
57 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1827 (Dec. 1) entire letter to Toulon from Malta with “COLONIES PAR/TOULON” mark in black, unusual and probably incorrectly applied on a letter from Malta. Rated “9” sols with Toulon arrival datestamp on reverse. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-220

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
58 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Early Letters and Documents: 1841 (Aug. 13 and Nov. 14) two entire letters to Melbourne, Australia, the latter sent via India with framed “CALCUTTA/G.P.O.” datestamp on the reverse and redirected to Penrith via Sydney and other with Melbourne and Sydney datestamps on the reverse, rare destination, mostly fine. (Image1)

Est. £350-400

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
Malta: Pre-Stamp Delivery Charge Marks
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59 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Pre-Stamp Delivery Charge Marks: 1816 (June 18) entire letter from Livorno to Malta, forwarded to Zante, bearing on reverse a very fine strike “August:10-T2.” across flap, very scarce. Ex ‘Victory’ collection. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.
60 c, entire, etc. imageMalta: Pre-Stamp Delivery Charge Marks: 1816 (June 22) disinfection slit entire letter from Naples to Malta bearing on the reverse a very fine strike “June:28-T2.” and charged 2 tari upon arrival, very scarce. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-03, 02:00 AM EST.

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