Malta: Forwarding Agents continued...
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1845 (Feb. 3) entire letter “con Vapore Francese” to Alexandria, datelined at Livorno privately carried to Malta and with double ring oval forwarding agents cachet “AUG. PORTELLI/MALTE”
and “MALTA/PAID” datestamp, rated “5”(d), fine. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 162 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1845 (July 13) entire letter to Alexandria and 1850 (Nov. 21) entire letter to Malta both from Livorno and with oval “AUG. PORTELLI/MALTE” or “BISMOT & Co/MALTA” forwarding agents’
cachets in blue or black, the former with disinfection slits and Malta and Alexandria datestamps. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
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| 163 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1845 (Aug. 21) entire letter to Tunis, datelined at Genoa and carried privately to Livorno where placed in post to Malta and with double ring oval forwarding agents’ cachet “FRATELLI
PADOVA/LIVORNO” and “MALTA POST OFFICE” mark and carried to Malta from Livorno on the French Ligne du Levant mailboat “Dante”, mainly fine. Photo.
(Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 164 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1846 (June 16) entire letter to Tunis from Civita Vecchia carried privately to Malta where “GIUSEPPE PISANI/MALTA” forwarding agent’s cachet applied in blue-green (signed and dated) and
further carried privately from there. Without postal markings or charge marks. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 165 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1846 (Sept. 2) entire letter to Tunis from Naples carried privately to Malta where framed “LORENZO FARRUGIA/MALTA” forwarding agent’s cachet applied in black (manuscript dated) and
further carried privately from there. Without postal markings or charge marks. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 166 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1846 (Sept. 23) entire letter to Marseille with blue “ZANTE” scroll datestamp sent via a forwarding agent in Malta and with double ring oval forwarding cachet “GIACTA di EMLO
TAGLIATERRO/MALTA” and with Malta and Marseille datestamps, fine. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £120-150
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| 167 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1847 (Sept. 9) entire letter to Tunis and 1863 (June 9) entire letter to Malta both from Italy and with oval “EYNAUD & PARIENTE/SENSELI DI NOLEGGIO” or “EYNAUD & PARIENTE/SHIP
BROKERS/MALTA” forwarding agents’ cachets in blue-green and neither with postal markings. (2 items) (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
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| 168 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1848 (Jan. 2) disinfected slit entire letter to Lyon datelined at Tripoli sent via a forwarding agent in Malta and with double ring oval forwarding cachet “OPERA PIA DELLA PROPAGAZIONE
DELLA FEDE MALTA” in black and with Malta, Marseille and Lyon datestamps, fine. Ex Eastgate. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £120-150
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| 169 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1849 (Apr. 17) entire letter to Livorno from Palermo from where carried privately and with attractive double oval scroll “Received and Forwarded/by/P.EYNAUD & Co/Malta” forwarding agents’
cachet in blue with Malta c.d.s. and Livorno Ship Letter mark and datestamps. Carried on the French Ligne d’Italie mailboat “Eurotas”. Photo.
(Image1)
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Est. £200-250
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| 170 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1850 (Aug. 22) entire letter to Amsterdam datelined at Smyrna carried privately to Malta and endorsed “Recd & Fwd by J.Bell & Co/Malta” on the reverse. Rated “10”(d) and with Malta,
Marseille and Amsterdam c.d.s’s. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £150-170
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| 171 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1853 (Apr. 11) envelope (with contents) to Scotland from Cairo with double ring oval “FORWARDED BY/BRITISH HOTEL/CAIRO./S.SHEPHEARD.” cachet, in blue-green, the only example recorded in
this colour, posted in Alexandria with double ring “PURIFIE AU LAZARET/MALTE” mark and “OLD RAIN” framed arrival datestamp. Content by Walter Davidson Leslie indicating he was leaving Cairo with Sir William Dalrymple and Charles Forbes on a camel
train to Jerusalem. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £350-400
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| 172 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1854 (Aug. 25) entire letter to Malta from Tunis and manuscript forwarded at Sousse by G. Cristina to another forwarder in Malta with oval “GIO. BATTA CARUANA/MALTA” forwarding agent’s
cachet and apparently delivered privately without postal charges or marks. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £180-200
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| 173 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1854 (Dec. 18) entire letter to Marseille from Alexandria with oval “Giuseppe Scicluna & Figli/MALTA” forwarding agents cachet and manuscript endorsement on the reverse, Malta and
Marseille datestamps. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 174 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1855 (July 17) entire letter to Liverpool, apparently written in transit between Beccos Bay and Gibraltar. The reverse with double oval “RECEIVED & FORWARDED/BY/MACDOWALL & SONS/MALTA”
and with Malta, London and Liverpool datestamps. Rated “1/1”(d) and carried on the French Ligne du Levant “Carmel”. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £300-350
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| 175 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1855 (Dec. 22) entire letter datelined at La Canée, Crete to Marseille, with “G.GIUSTINIANI/SYRA” and “AUGN.PORTELLI & CIE/MALTA” forwarding agents’ cachets, Marseille arrival c.d.s. and
“8” decimes charge mark. Malta datestamp on the reverse. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
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| 176 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1856 (Nov. 26) and 1857 (Mar. 17) single and double weight entire letters to Majorca, apparently both sent within other posted covers, latter with an albino impression of a Malta
datestamp and with a double lined oval “B.JULLIANY P. & F./MARSEILLE” forwarding agents’ cachet and with Marseille datestamps, framed “APRES/LE/DEPART” and “2” or “4” reales due marks. (2 items) (Image1)
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Est. £120-140
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| 177 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1857 (Nov. 6) entire letter to Livorno from Alexandria with oval “MALZEL AND GINGELL/SHIP BROKERS/LA VALLETTA MALTA” forwarding agents cachet in blue and rated “10” and “3” with Malta and
Livorno datestamps. Ex Abramson. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £200-220
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| 178 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1859 (Aug. 13) wrapper to Malta datelined at Odessa with manuscript forwarding endorsement of G.S. Valsamachy at Constantinople on the reverse and with matching cachet for the same
forwarder “SHIP BROKER” applied on arrival in Malta for delivery to a firm in Malta. Without charge and postal markings and a very unusual example of the same forwarding firm in two countries. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £200-250
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| 179 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1859 (Oct. 22) wrapper to Naples with “BRIGGS & CO/ALEXANDRIA” forwarding agents’ cachet at left and sent privately to another forwarder with framed “JAMES BELL & Co/MALTA” datestamps
alongside from where posted and franked 1856 6d. tied by “A25” duplex (“56” for “59” error). Carried on the “Ceylon” from Alexandria to Malta and on the French Ligne d’Italie mailboat “Capitole” to Naples. Intriguing use of two agents in combination
with postal service, unusual thus. Ex Orme. Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £400-450
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| 180 |
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 Malta: Forwarding Agents: 1861 (May 18) wrapper to Messina from Alexandria with manuscript “Recd & forwd by Tancred Agius & Co.” on the reverse and franked 1857 1d. rose-red strip of three and 1856 6d. tied by
“A25” duplexes, apparently incorrectly marked with the oval “P.” mark in red as underpaid and marked “FRANCOBOLLO/INSUFFICIENTE” in black and rated “161/2” (cents). Photo. (Image1)
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Est. £150-200
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