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| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 85470 |
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 1825 outer letter sheet to Santa Maura bearing a very fine larger oval royal handstamp on front, black scroll date stamp on reverse of 7 July, front also showing a double black circle Santa Maura arrival mark not shown in Zaphiriou. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85471 |
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 1825 pair of entires, both letters in Greek but addressed in Italian with one from Corfu to Santa Maura dated September 22 with green Isole Ionie double circle and to left double circle Isola di Santa Maura with manuscript 3/4 for
incoming charge, the other to Zante with Isola Di Santa Maura despatch handstamp with manuscript "3/4" outgoing charge, a fine matching pair (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85472 |
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 1830 entire to Corfu bearing a fine strike of Officio Della Posta Di Cefalonia seal, showing a portrait of Cephalus and his dog, Lelaps, Cephalonia scroll despatch on reverse, oval royal large Corfu handstamp on front with red manuscript
"4", a scroll arrival backstamp of 17 March. Good condition with a fine example of the pictorial handstamp, one of the earliest such cancels. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
SOLD for CHF 420.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85473 |
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 1832 (25 January) entire to Corfu with Paxo scroll (type B) despatch fine circular Paxo Posta Pagata prepayment handstamp with manuscript "1" for postage to Corfu alongside, Corfu black scroll arrival cancel each of next day, a
fine well balance entire. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 300
SOLD for CHF 300.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85474 |
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 1832 internal Corfu entire bearing a fine strike of the small royal seal with red manuscript "6" presumably for double rate inter island mail, black scroll dated backstamp, a scarce internal item. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85475 |
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 1834 two entires to same addressee in Corfu, each with Paxo scroll despatch of 12 July and 12 October, circular Paxo Posta Pagata prepayment handstamps with manuscript "1" for postage to Corfu, Corfu black scroll arrival cancels each of
next day, Simmermacher Cert (2007) for first entire (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85476 |
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 1835 (13 May) entire to Corfu bearing circular Officio Della Posta di Cefalonia seal with central portrait now faded out, below red manuscript "4" for rate to Corfu, Cefalonia despatch scroll on reverse and Corfu arrival of following
date on front (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 200
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85477 |
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 1835 (31 October) entire from the "Agente Consolare di Francia in Cefala" to a Mr Gautier, the French Consul for the Ionian Islands, in Corfu with black Cephalonia scroll on reverse, two Corfu scroll cancels on front from next day, at top
manuscript "Servicio Reggio" manuscript and a blacked-out area that may have named the ship (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85478 |
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 1837 (9 September) entire to Corfu bearing green Santa Maura scroll despatch date stamp on reverse, the same date as letter, front with fine double circle Posta Pagata prepayment mark in same colour, red manuscript charge in centre, also
endorsed to left with "Raccomand" in same pen, a rare early registered item for which very little information currently exists. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
SOLD for CHF 400.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85479 |
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1843 entire to Corfu bearing green Zante scroll despatch of 23 July , the '3' of '23' inverted, arrival backstamp, neat small cover
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85480 |
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 1843 (23 July) entire from Zacynthos to Corfu with despatch scroll date stamp and arrival on reverse, the despatch cancel showing inverted "3" in "23", unusual (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85481 |
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 1847 (5 June) outer letter sheet to Santa Maura endorsed "Raccomandata" at top, Corfu scroll despatch and double circle Posta Pagata prepayment mark with manuscript "2" for regular postage, as usual with this early registered mail no
indication of charge or payment given. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 200
CLOSED
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85482 |
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 1858-64 seven entires from the last period of the British Protectorate, seven entires with 1853 Cephalonia to Corfu, 1858 Santa Maura to Corfu with fine blue Posta Pagata handstamp, 1861 Cephalonia to Santa Maurs (2), 1862 Zacynthos to
Cephalonia and scarce Kythera to Ithaca with blue Posta Pagata prepayment handstamp, 1864 Zacynthos to Cephalonia on 4th march, six weeks later the British departed and the Ionian Islands became part of Greece. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 1,000
SOLD for CHF 700.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
British Protectorate » Stampless mail
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 85483 |
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 1809-15 British Military Occupation: 1815 (22 March) entire written in Italian to Corfu bearing good strike of the large green ISOLA DI SANTA MAURA double-ring handstamp. This Island had been taken from the French in April 1810 and Corfu,
the last island to fall, surrendered June 1814 before the Second Treaty of Paris in Nov 1815, a scarce cover arriving during the British Military Occupation. (Image
1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 300
SOLD for CHF 320.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85484 |
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 1818-43 A fine group of seven entires with 1818 Corfu to Parga (Epirus) with large greenish Isole Ionie double circle, 1824 entire Ikaria to Zante, 1824 entire Ikaria (Ottoman Dodecanese Islands) to Zante, 1826 part entire Rimini to
Corfu, 1830 Venice to Corfu entire, with large and small Corfu Arms handstamps, 1841 French Consulate in Malta to Corfu, 1841 Corfu to Naples entire via Lloyd Austriaco, disinfected in Ancona and 1843 incoming entire to Corfu from Venice (Image 1)
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(Image 12)
(Image 13)
(Image 14)
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Estimate. CHF 800
SOLD for CHF 440.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85485 |
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 1826 (May 29) entire from Zacynthos (Zante) to Venice, written in Italian bearing on reverse good strike of red double-circle ISOLA DI ZANTE overstruck by two-line arrival date stamp of15 Jul, routed via Fiume with red handstamp on
front, disinfected by fumigation/toasting, delayed somewhere in transit. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 200
SOLD for CHF 200.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85486 |
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 1845 (28 Dec) entire written in Greek from Odessa to Cephalonia showing boxed ODESSA despatch, manuscript "Via Trieste" at top, small circular Corfu arrival cds of 31 Jan 46, reverse with Cephalonia scroll of following day, a scarce
incoming item from Ukraine (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 200
SOLD for CHF 80.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
| 85487 |
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 1846 Entire in English dated 14 March to Boston, USA, endorsed "Via Marseille", written from Zante and probably carried on HMS Volcano to Malta where Malta Paid double arc date stamp on front and similar without Paid on reverse, carried
from there by HMS Locust to Marseille though no transit mark applied, thence to London and Liverpool and red cursive SHIP/6 applied in red on arrival, the top left shows a fine strike of the Maltese forwarding agents cachet, some hinge reinforcements
to the entire, a fine transatlantic cover. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 400
SOLD for CHF 400.00
Closing..May-31, 01:00 AM |
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