1828-44 group of five entires or outer letter sheets, each stampless incoming with charge handstamps showing 1d to 5d. usages, all are good to fine examples of these scarce handstamps, please examine.
1829 entire from Buenos Ayres to Edinburgh endorsed "pr Wellington pkt" and bearing very fine strike on reverse of Falmouth Fleuron BUENOS AYRES O in bright green, rated "3/9" due on delivery with red London transit and framed ADD 1/2 handstamp; light vertical filing crease.
1829 entire from Rouen, France to Shiedam, near Rotterdam bearing straight-line ROUEN and red accountancy C.F.3.R (Correspondence Francaise 3rd Rayon), reverse with Rotterdam cds and two-line DEB/ ROTTERDAM.
1829 entire from St Pierre to Bordeaux annotated at base “par La Rose Julienne” and bearing straight-line MARTINIQUE handstamp and red framed ‘Pays Outremer/ Par Le Havre’ applied on arrival, rated 15 decimes
1830 entire to Le Havre bearing fin framed PAYS D'OUTREMER/ PAR NANTES handstamp with unclear cds alongside, reverse with straight-line MARTINIQUE and red arrival cds; fine and fresh condition.
1830 outer letter sheet to London bearing Frankfurt despatch cds, straight-line FRANCO handstamp and endorsed "via Rotterdam/ per Stemboat", on arrival dotted-framed 'OZ at 6s/8d per Oz' handstamp applied
1831 (Ja 18) entire to London, endorsed “Pr Packet” and rated “2/2” and bearing double-arc despatch datestamp on reverse; vertical filing crease affecting date stamp, clean condition.
1831 entire to London, datelined 30th September, rated "2/2" bearing good strike of small black fleuron with complete year, arrival cancel of 11 NOV; vertical filing creases.
1831 envelope to Riga, Latvia bearing rare red cyrillic Sankt Petersburg with single large 5 pointed star at base (Not in Dobin, Baillie & Peel 1B(R)3v2). This rare cancel was used in late 1829 and 1831.
1833 incoming entire from Marseille to Basse Terre with framed ‘POINTE A PITRE/ GUADELOUPE/ 12 FEVRIER 1833’; a little erosion on back and small stain on front. Ex. Grabowski.
1834 (March 26) entire letter from Paris to St. Pierre, endorsed “Belisaire”, charged at “60” centimes in manuscript upon arrival, with forwarding agent carriage denoted in manuscript on reverse with “Acheminee par Lamotte du Havre”. Some edge wear and splitting. Scarce.
1834 long entire to Switzerland bearing straight-line MALTA POST OFFICE handstamp overstruck with Marseille transit and to right framed PAYS D’OUTREMER and with fine strike of the very rare oval-framed 2s.; fresh condition.
1835 (2nd Nov) entire to Gibraltar bearing red straight-line CADIZ handstamp, manuscript “13 ½q” applied San Roque for second weight letter rate. The entire sent to Robert Anderson and co. with enclosure to be delivered to Mr Bartolome Lombardo, Captain of the Sardinian Brig “El Crocodillo” for transmission to Havana.
1836 entire from Private of 64th Regt. showing fair but oxidised strike of cursive 'GIBRALTAR/PAID' handstamp, endorsed by the Commanding Officer at left.
1836 entire to Barcelona bearing fine ornate oval HABANA/ FRANCO despatch, manuscript annotation (of ship) “Fragata Valerosa”, red arrival backstamps; light vertical filing creasing in clean condition.
1837 entire to Alessandria, Italy bearing an apparently unrecorded two-line handstamp of Malta Post Office (48 x 5mm), without any further cancels.
1838 (22 Mai) entire to London from Paris, bearing red framed arc FOREIGN PAID, redirected to Brompton and rated “3”d, reverse with unframed London, two-line T.P./ Chief Office handstamp and two red dated handstamps.
1838 incoming disinfected cover from Alexandrie (Egypte), endorsed “Col vapour Francea”, reverse with small straight-line ‘14 May; 8d’ with manuscript addition for French Postage, remains of red disinfection wax seal. Unusual mixture of accountancy.
1838 incoming entire from , with printed list of new books in English and manuscript message, endorsed”par Bateau a Vapeur de Marseille”, Paris despatch cds and framed PD, reverse with good strike across flap of Local Post ’27 March 3d’ applied on arrival.
1838 outer letter sheet to Genova bearing straight-line JASSY despatch handstamp, docketed inside as from “Fratelli Pedemonte” forwarding agents at Galatz, disinfected with rastel punch holes on arrival. Tchilinghirian suggests that the straight-line JASSY cancel started in 1840, this shows that in fact it was introduced earlier during Austrian Imperial Administration.