1820 entire to Lisbon, Portugal, bearing red P.P./ ROTTERDAM handstamp, framed ‘Pays Bas/ Par/ Valencienne’ French transit cachet and manuscript “240” reis charge on arrival; fine condition.
1821 outer letter sheet from Boston, USA to Rochelle, France, annotated to go on the "Caravan / via MAsterdam2 boxed French entry 'Pays Bas / Par / Valenciennes' and faint red L.P.B.R.? The reverse with two line italic 'Den Helder / Seebrief' cachet.
1822 entire from Liverpool to Corfu endorsed at bottom right to travel privately to Malta and to be passed to care of forwarding agents "William Hutton". The reverse bearing straight-line 'April 24: T-2,10' charge handstamp applied in Malta. Obverse bears Ionian Islands arrival handstamp. The entire is disinfected with two vertical slits
1822 entire to Corfu endorsed at bottom right to travel privately to Malta and to be passed to the care of forwarding agents "William Hutton". The reverse bearing straight-line 'April 24: T-2,10' charge handstamp applied in Malta, front bearing Ionian Islands arrival handstamp. The entire is disinfected with two vertical slits.
1822 entire to Edinburgh bearing cursive 'GIBRALTAR' handstamp, manuscript rate marking, red octagonal arrival and faint framed ½d local delivery handstamp; the entire now stuck together.
1823 outer letter sheet to Reval, Estonia bearing Cyrillic SANKT PETERBURG with single small star at the bottom (Dobin 1.05; Baille & Peel 1B(RT) 2v1). This rare cancellation was used in late 1822 and 1823; very fine and scarce.
1823 unpaid incoming entire from Gibraltar with arrival charge handstamp ’12 T.2’, the ‘12’ changed in manuscript to “14”; fine condition.
1824 (Jan) entire to Cadiz from Havana with straight-line ISLAS DE/ BARLOVENTO handstamp, superimposed with red ‘5R’ rate handstamp; fine condition.
1824 entire to Bordeaux bearing cursive despatch date stamp, ‘C.P.R.5.’ accountancy handstamp, incorrect French framed entry ‘BAVIERE/ PAR/ FORBACH’ applied and overstruck by FORBACH straight-line handstamp, the correct French entry handstamp applied below. An unusual item.
1824 entire to Corfu bearing good example of scarce MALTA*P PAID handstamp, large double-ring Isole Ionie arrival handstamp; no backstamps, fine and scarce.
1824-1827 series of five entires from Scotland to a Midshipman, later Lieutenant, on board either H.M.S. Thracian, H.M.S. Magnificent or H.M.S. Tweed in Port Royal, Jamaica. Various rate markings and inscriptions including "Ship gone home"; re-addressed back to Portsmouth. A fascinating group.
1825 (18 Aug) entire to France with octagonal handstamp PORT PAYE/base Tre/ GUADELOUPE and two-line COLONIES/ PAR BORDEAUX endorsed at base "Par le premier batimens postaux pour Le Havre ou Bordeaux". Fine condition with Roumet handstamp, Ex. Grabowski.
1826 (Feb 13) entire letter from Basse Terre to Paris, bearing red two-line COLONIES PAR/ LE HAVRE handstamp, charged “6” decimes including the local delivery for 5 decimes, with arrival on reverse of 16 April and ornate cachet ‘COMMANDANT DE PLACE A BASSE TERRE’
1826 (Juin 2) cover with Basse Terre/ Guadeloupe handstamp from the Captain of the Grand Duc de Riviere to a soldier on leave at Moule, Pointe a Pitre transit at top, short military endorsement bottom left and fuller endorsement on reverse together with military handstamp. One of the finest and earliest recorded military letters from this colony. Ex Grabowski, on his album page.
1826 entire from London to Boston with, on revere five-line forwarders details 'Received and Forwarded By/ Your obedient servant/ ROBERT R. HUNTER/ Consul U.S.A./ cowes' on Isle of Wight, front bears cursive framed SHIP/6; fine and scarce
1826 entire to Amsterdam bearing manuscript rate markings and stepped 'WEYMOUTH/SHIP LETTER' handstamp, forwarded through London by "Baring Brothers". The reverse of entire suggests that the entire was forwarded from Amsterdam to Batavia, Netherlands Indies.
1826 entire to London endorsed “packet” on front and on reverse with fine two-line SPANISH- Town/ JA despatch handstamp, red London arrival partly overstriking; fine and clean condition with both the entire and a extra letter within.
1827 entire to Santos from the provinces of Sao Paulo, rated “20” which has been erased and altered to “40” at left side, bearing framed PORTO FELIZ handstamp in black, ornate framed Ytu and rectangular framed S.Paulo transits. Light vertical filing crease otherwise good fresh condition.
1828 long Missionary entire to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, London, showing on reverse stepped SHIP LETTER/ DOVER applied on entry into England and arrival cds; fine condition.
1828 two outer letter sheets to Mexico, endorsed “Nuova Espana”, rated ‘4’ in black and ‘6’ in red respectively, both with red straight-line CADIZ. with stop, one with slightly heavier filing crease, a fine pair.