1865 two entires from Odessa to Marseille each charged 11 decimes on arrival, bearing boxed 'Aus Russland' cachets and two different types of oval-framed 'Porto 3' handstamps.
1865-66 three ‘Seated Helvetia’ printed commercial covers to Constantinople, all from Butschwyl, April 1865 30r red and 60r copper bronze, endorsed to travel via “Wien & Kustendje”, Dec 1865 cover with three colour franking at 90r rate to go via Trieste and 1866 cover endorsed to go by Marseille and franked two 60r copper bronze, the first two with arrival cancels of Austrian offices and the last French, a fine trio of covers, two with BPB Certs and last with P Guinand Cert .
1865-67 10pa rose and blue top marginal block of four cancelled PORT LATAKIA blue-green cds, a few minor discolouration marks on front and some paper on reverse, various expertising handstamps including Diena and Bolaffi.
1866 O.H.M.S. wrapper used to Spanish Town franked by bisected 1d. tied A52 obliterator with cds of Mandeville in association on reverse, front bearing arrival cancel; some slight tones, (S.G. 1d.)
1866 (AP13) Folded cover to the Danish Consul in London franked 1s green pl.4 tied by 'C51' with London Paid cds in red (30 AP) alongside, bs small St Thomas A (AP 13) bs, filing creases clear of adhesive
1866 (Jan 15) envelope addressed to “U.S. Flag Ship Colorado” at Paris franked 1861-63 3c. and 12c. paying the ¼ oz. rate, tied Palmyra N.Y. cds, red New York Paid 3 date stamp (Jan 20) crediting France with 3c., octagonal French maritime cancel and framed ‘PD’ in same ink.
1866 (Nov 23) cover to West Arichat, Cape Briton, franked two 2c. Jackson and two 3c. tied segmented cork cancels and New York cds, arrival backstamps; fine cross border rate cover
1866 entire to Naples franked two 3kr and a 15kr perf.9½ tied oval 'TRIESTE' dates stamps; arrival backstamp.
1866 entire to Philadelphia, USA franked 1864 10c. and three 15c. (one defective) tied by framed FRANCO handstamps, Rotterdam dispatch and London transit cds both in red, Philadelphia Br. PKt arrival and handstamped ‘5’ accountancy, endorsed at top “By the Steamer Leaving Liverpool 7 April”; ironed out filing creases, attractive.
1866 Letter posted from Smyrna (Izmir) to BEIROUT franked by ROPIT 2Pi, blue&rose, tied by triangular dotted "780" numeral handstamp in blue green (Tchil. Fig. 151) of Smyrna
1866 outer letter sheet to Paris franked 1864-65 3k. perf 12½ plus 5k. and 20k. perf 14½ x 15 tied by tpo cds with AUS RUSSLAND Uber BUR XI EDK.BRG/ FRANCO transit to left overstruck by blue Prusse Erquelines French entry cds, red P.D. handstamp at base; light vertical filing crease clear of stamps, an attractive item.
1866 part entire to Glasgow franked pair Great Britain 6d. lilac, plate 5, FE-FF cancelled by ’C51’ obliterator, St Thomas transit backstamp, red London transit on front and arrival backstamp.
1866 stampless entire to Pisaqua with three-line manuscript “franca” notice for no stamps available, partly overstruck by very fine dotted MEJILL handstamp in blue. Very fine condition. Mejillones remained a Peruvian port until lost in the Battle of Angamos to Chile in 1879. The name of the town literally means Mussels, the locals main food source.
1867 (10 Juil) outer letter sheet to Lyon franked 1862 40c. tied by anchor lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.4 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancel.
1867 (17 Juil) stampless outer letter sheet to Marseille bearing octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U.No.1 date stamp, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE handstamp, arrival backstamp.
1867 (2/8) envelope to Vevey, Switzerland, redirected to Interlaken franked 1863-64 2sk., 3sk., 4sk. and a pair of 8sk., an extremely rare 25sk. rate, tied by Christiana cds, reverse with blue Keil/ Hamburg tpo, Basel, Vevey, Ambuant Consulaire and Lausanne transits and arrival cds
1867 (20/7) outer letter sheet to London bearing mixed issue franking 1858-62 8s. green and 1864-68 3s. pair tied by two ‘181’ Sjaell P.B. duplex, London arrival cds to left. The 8s with close to large margins, a fine cover.
1867 (21/7) outer letter sheet to Galatz franked by 18pa rose-carmine with good even margins, tied by double-ring Iassi cds, arrival backstamp of two days later; fine and attractive
1867 (4/3) entire to Beaune, France franked pair 1864 15c. orange tied by two framed FRANCA handstamps, Maastricht cds top right, small P.D, blue French entry cds, reverse with Paris A Lyon tpo and arrival cds; good example.
1867 (6 Aout) entire to Narbonne, France bearing sigle-franking ‘Sitting Helvetia’ 30c. blue tied St Croix cds with another strike alongside, unframed P.D, Suisse Amb. Marseille E tpo at right, reverse with Swiss tpo’s, Geneva transit and arrival cds.