368. Auction

1857, folded letter dated "19 de Abril de 1857" to Genoa charged with "600" reis and cancelled, reverse with blue cds. "P. TRANSATLANTICO 8 /5", blue italic straight-line "Espana" of La Junquera and "VIA DE NIZZA" on front, upon arrival charged with "22"., very attractive, mail to Italy was rarely carried by Portuguese services and routed via Spain

1828, folded letter from Rio via Lisbon to Genoa with oval red transit mark applied in Portugal, then overland in Spain und France with black straight-line "ESPAGNE POR ST JEAN DE LUZ" and "NIZZA MARITTIMA", upon delivery charged 54 soldi, inside somewhat faulty, a fine and early letter from Brazil and the earliest to our knowledge sent to Italy

1853, folded letter from "Valp. Octbre 31 1859" to Genoa endorsed "Panama" with nice red "PANAMA TRANSIT" alongside, upon arrival charged with "23" decimes, fine

1858, folded letter from Valparaiso to Voltri with good strike of accountancy marking "GB 2F87 C5/10" alongside, fine

1858, folded letter from Valparaiso to Milano, by ship "John Elder" via Magellano Straits up to Lisbon, upon arrival charged "18" thus three singles postage due 60c. applied, fine and quite scarce via Magellano Straits

1870, folded letter sheet dated "Valparaiso 17 Maggio 1870" to Genoa, from Valparaiso to Panama and from there with the "Shannon" to Plymouth, with "GB/1 F.90 C." accountancy marking and scarce boxed "F.* 58" alongside, upon arrival charged with "28" decimes thus postage due 40c. as horizontal pair and 2l. applied and tied by cds., scarce and attractive

1871, folded letter from "Valparaison 3 abril 1871" via London to Genoa, upon arrival charged "23" thus postage due 10c. as scarce vertical strip of three and 2l. applied and tied by cds., fine and scarce

1871, Colon 5c. red tied by fancy cork with adjacent blue cds. "SANTIAGO CHILE 2 JUN 71" to folded lettersheet via Magellano straits initially to Rome where it was charged with "17" decimes, thus postage due 10+60c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds. "ROMA 21 LUG 71", then re-addressed to Albano, the Rome P.O. cancelled the fees with three strikes of italic straight-line "Annullato" and sent the letter to Albano where the P.O. charged again the letter and applied postage due stamps 1869 10c. single and 1870 four singles 40c., minor ageing and some imperfections, a very attractive and rare cover, signed Colla with certificate (2007)

1875, Colon 10c. blue tied by fancy cork to lettersheet endorsed "Via de Magallanes" to Rome with scarce boxed "F.*56" alongside, upon arrival charged with "10" decimes thus postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds. "ROMA 24 DIC 1875", an incredibly beautiful and attractive letter

1879, unpaid envelope endorsed "Via Magellano per Iberia" to Genoa, reverse with cds. "VALPARAISO UNPAID MY 21 79", blue tax stamp "80" and upon arrival charged "13" thus postage due 30c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., an attractive and scarce entire

1880, unpaid envelope from Valparaiso with blue merchant handstamp to Rome, with black "T" and 1-10" alongside, upon arrival taxed "16" decimes thus postage due 60c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., fine and attractive

 

1862, Napoleon Lauré 80c. as horizontal pair (damaged corners) tied by dotted "Ancre" to double weight cover endorsed "Bateau Francais" to Florence, by ship "Ville de St. Nazaire" (Ligne 'F') transported up to Panama, then transshipped onto "Louisiane" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR.  F No. 2 15 MARS 73" and red boxed "PD" alongside, Paris transit and Florence arrival on reverse, some tiny age spots, a very attractive and rare entire with only about a handful covers known to Italy

1867, Colon 1c. orange tied by barred "CANCELLED" with adjacent cds. "TALCA 13 OCT 72" to folded lettersheet, by ship "Concha" transported up to Valparaiso, then transshipped onto "Ville du Brest" (Ligne 'F') up to Panama, again transshipped onto the "Martinique" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR. No. 2 15 72" and scarce boxed "F.* 58" which was only applied to covers from South Pacific via Panama alongside, upon arrival charged "14" thus postage due 40c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., despite some ageing spots a very attractive and rare cover and one of only a few known  carried to Italy by the line "F"

1850, folded letter dated "Haban 1. Octubre 1850", carried to London via St. Thomas by a british ship and trusted to the Forwarding Agent "PINTO Y PEREZ", charged "12" upon delivery in Genoa, fine

1841, single rate folded letter dated "Habana y Octubre 19. de 1841" to Genoa via Cadiz with superb strike of "ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO" on front, a very attractive and rare entire with extraordinary usage of the "ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO" on mail not addressed to Spain

1873, folded lettersheet with part of contents from "CURACAO 8  73" to Marino di Campo, by merchant ship up to St. Thomas, there endorsed "por paquete ingles" and transshipped onto the "Nile" up to Southampton with scarce boxed "F.* 57" in blue alongside, upon delivery charged "12" thus postage due 10c. as vertical pair an 1l. applied and tied by cds. "MARINA DI CAMPO 3 DIC 73", some age spots, otherwise a fine and scarce entire

1873, folded letter from "CURACAO 7  73" to Genoa, by merchant ship up to St. Thomas, from there up to Southampton, upon delivery charged "12" thus two singles postage due 60c. applied, some age spots, otherwise a fine entire

1875, complete printed advertisement of the "REVISTA DE LA BOLSA MERCANTIL" dated Guayaquil 9.3.1875 with corresponding cds. on reverse, as printed matter to Lucca with three line "PANAMA 14 MR 1875 TRANSIT" alongside, upon arrival charged "20" thus vertical pair postage due 10c. applied and tied by cds. The contents among other things reports the movements of ships in the port of Guayaquil, a fine and very rare entire with only few covers from Ecuador to Italy known

1884, Numerals 2c. brown wrapper with blue mute cancel endorsed "via Livingston-N. York" to Fermo, two vertical folds, scarce with only a few entires known from Guatemala to Italy (Higgins & Gage #2)

1887, Coat of arms 10c. red tied by barred cancel with adjacent "CORREOS GUATEMALA ENE 27 1895" to enevlope endorsd "Via San Francisco, USA" to Florence, adhesives tape affixed at reverse slightly showing through, otherwise fine and quite scarce with only a few entires known from Guatemala to Italy

1871, folded letter dated "Jacmel 10 Avril 1871" with cds. on reverse, endorsed "p. Steamer" and travelled with ship "Neva" via London to Genoa, upon arrival taxed "17" and postage due 30-40c. and 1l. applied, 30c. postage due faulty, otherwise an attractive and quite scarce entire

1881, Liberty 7c. blue imperforated with close to good margins and 3c. brown-olive perforated tied by clear cds. "JACMEL 17 SEPT. 85" to folded letter to Genoa, a beautiful and rare entire

1873, folded lettersheet dated "Kingston, Jamaica, 8 Juillet 1873" sent with ship "Elbe" via London to Genoa, charged upon arrival "17" dec. and postage due 30-40c. and 1l. applied, adhesives small imperfections, an attractive entire and very scarce with only few incoming items from Jamaica known

1873, folded lettersheet dated "Kingston, Jamaica, MAR 24 1874" sent with ship "Tagus" via London to Genoa, charged upon arrival "12" dec. andhorizontal pair postage due 60c. applied, as there was no rate change the taxed "12" was most likely a mistake, a fine and interesting entire with only few incoming items from Jamaica known

1865, Sobre Porto 25c. on blue and 1868 Coat of arms 10c. violett, each in fresh colour and with good margins and manuscript mark on cover front to Marciana on the Isle of Elba, backflap showing red "LONDON SHIP LETTER" and transit cds. "LIVORNO 18 MAR 73", upon arrival charged with "9" decimes thus postage due 10c. and pair of 40c. applied and tied by cds. "MARCIANA MARINA", the "Sobre Porto" stamp paid the pre-UPU fee for mail to certain countries which Colombia did not have postal treaty of convention, a beautiful item, an exceptionally  rare issue on cover, certificate Moorhouse (2009)

1880, Victoria 1d. red-brown tied by superb strike of "E88" obliterator to printed matter to Genoa with two adjacent strikes of cds. "COLON DE 21 80", slightly unfresh, covers with the E88 obliterator are surprisingly rare and this is to our knowledge to only one sent to Italy, signed Calves and certificate Moorhouse (2007) Provenance: "The Glassco Collection" (Robson Lowe, 1969)

1872, Hidalgo 50c. yellow with good margins tied by "CORREO VERACRUZ SETBRE 17 1872" to cover front of mourning cover endorsed "Via New York" to Genoa, blue crayon "30" U.S. debit to Italy for the transit from Mexiko to U.S. applied in New York with corresponding cds. "NEW YORK TRANSIT OCT 2", by Cunard packet "Java" from New York to Queenstown, upon arrival charged "51" thus postage due 10c., 1l. as vertical pair of 2l. applied and tie by cds., postage due adhesives with faults, nevertheless quite attractive and rare as only a few letters were sent to Italy by American ships

1874, Hidalgo 25c. blue tied by boxed "FRANCO EN CHINIPAS" to envelope to Genoa, via San Francisco where blue crayon "35" U.S. debit to Italy, black "T" and cds. "SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL ST. SHIP APR 27" where applied, over land to New York, upon arrival in Genoa charged "115" thus postage due 5-10c. and 1l. applied (at edge of cover) and tie by cds., a very attractive and rare cover as letters carried by American ships are already scarce, this letter has been carried via Mazatlan to San Francisco and then by land to New York, where most of the mail went via Veracruz and New Orleans

1848, folded lettersheet from "VERA-CRUZ OC 16 1848" to Lucca, with ship "Forth" up to Bermuda, there transshipped onto the "Severn" up to Southampton, rated "2/3" d.; the letter endorsed to the "HEATH & FURSE" which paid "£ 1.3" to the GPO, with red boxed "RETUNED FROM" and "LONDON PAID" alongside, via Boulogne with oval "P.F" to Lucca, there marked "Sconosciuto", the letter has most likely been never delivered, despite some faults a very interesting entire

1853, folded letter from "VERA-CRUZ NO 4 1853" to Voltri with nice strike of boxed "COLONIES/&c ART. 13" alongside, sent with ship "Avon" up to St. Thomas, there transshipped onto the "Magdalena" up to Southampton and then to Genoa, there charged with "17" decimes and redirected to Voltri with red straight-line "RETRODATO" on reverse, a attractive entire
 

1856, Hidalgo 2r. green tied by cds. "FRANCO MEXICO 3 DIC" to small cover endorsed "Via Inglesa" via London to Torino, on front cds. "Angl. / Amb. Calais 2 JANV 59", upon arrival charged "10", two backflaps missing ans small tape remainders, rare

1856, Hidalgo 4r. red tied by cds. "FRANCO MEXICO" to enevelope endorsed "paquete / Ingles" via London with "GB/1F.60C." accountancy marking alongside to Torino, fine and  and attractive

1856, Hidalgo 1r. yellow (being put together from 2 stamps) and 2r. green tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Mantova, from Vera Cruz up to New Orleans to New York, the letter was treated as unpaid letter and the N.Y. exhange office applied a charge of 6 cents. France forwarded the letter under Article 35 of Franco-Prussian letter bill, updon delivery charged with "97" new kr. (2*42=84 plus 13 new kr internal postage), despite some faults a very unusual and interesing entire

1868, Hidalgo 50c. on yellow tied by cds. "VERA CRUZ" to cover to Genoa with blue merchant handstamp at lower left, by ship "Corsica up to St. Thomas, unpaid tripe-rate for the transatlantic journey, in London taxed with "3.60", upon arrival charged with "51" decimes thus postage due 5c. (two singles) and 40,60c. and vertical pair 2l. applied, postage due some faults, cover slightly reduced at top, a very fine and rare entire Provenance: The Dr. Paul J. Kornan Collection, HR Harmer, 1994

1874, Hidalgo 50c. green (affixed at edge) tied by cds. "VERA CRUZ 3/11/78" to cover to Genoa with blue merchant handstamp at lower left, unpaid tripe-rate for the transatlantic journey, upon arrival charged with "51" decimes thus postage due 10c. 1l. and horinzontal pair 2l. applied, one 2l. faulty, cover opened on two sides, a fine and rare entire

1866, Maximilian 13c. blue with close to good margins tied by cds. "VERACRUZ DEC 66" to folded lettersheet endorsed "via St. Nazaire" to Genoa, with octogonal VERA-CRUZ PAQ. FR. B. No. 2 14 DEC 66" alongside, upon arrival charged "10" decimes, some age spots, a scarce cover with an issue rarely discovered on maritime mail