1867 (AP 3) entire to Livorno bearing index B Malta cds, very fine ’22 ½.’ accountancy handstamp top right and ‘6’ at base, reverse with Messina transit and Livorno arrival.
1867 (Apr 17) orange-brown envelope to Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland bearing single franking 1861-62 24c. Washington brown-lilac tied by target cancel with Suspension Bridge N.Y. cds at right, red New York transit, part Liverpool cds, arrival backstamp. A couple of small ter in envelope and missing backflap.
1867 (DE 12) cover to Cambridge franked horizontal pair 6d. green cancelled by very fine ‘A02’ obliterator, London transit below, reverse with dispatch cds and arrival cancel of DE 30; fine and attractive.
1867 (DE 26) cover to Sydney, Australia franked by two pairs of 1867 Wmk Spray 10d. red-brown, plate 1, SK-SL and RK-RL, tied by London SW 20 duplex, some slight faults with SK damaged top left, RK tiny nick bottom left. Envelope endorsed “Via Marseille” and Ship Letter Sydney backstamp. A fine high franking multiple franking. R.P.S,L Certificate 2015.
1867 (Mar 9) envelope with series of long enclosures, datelined Panama to Winthrop, Maine franked 1861 10c. Washington pair tied by clear example N.York Steamship postmark; some slight faults to envelope.
1867 (March) printed prices current to Pernau, Estonia franked by a 4d. heavily cancelled with ‘9’ numeral of Dundee, red oval-framed PD, manuscript weiter franco 1¼ , reverse with Riga transit and arrival cds. The prices current is about Flax and Hemp and the difficulty of supply at this time of year with a frozen Baltic Sea. Part of top of entire missing.
1867 entire from Odessa with fine company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp at top, addressed to Palermo, sicily and carried on French ship with octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U No.3, framed Italian PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI handstamp, reverse with Messina transit and arrival date stamps.
1867 entire to Beirut franked 1865/66 2pi. blue and rose, horizontal network, with clear to large margins from Tarsus, cancelled on arrival by triangular dotted ‘783’ in greenish-blue, reverse showing over-inked Beirut arrival in the same colour. Rare and unusual.
1867 entire to London written from Santiago de Cuba franked Great Britain 1s green, plate 4, DI tied by C51 obliterator, arrival cds to left, reverse with oval company chop and fine St Thomas cds.
1867 envelope to Bordeaux franked ‘Eagle’ 10c. (touched margin) and a 40c. cancelled lozenge GOR in a blue-grey shade, Senegal Et Dept Gorce date stamp in same ink, Bordeaux maritime cancel below, the envelope being endorsed “paket francais”. With contents. Behr Certificate.
1867 envelope to Rehorst franked by 1864 1¼ Schilling, four good even margins cancelled by Travemunde cds, reverse with Reinfeld and Lubeck transits plus framed LUBECK-HAMBURG Zug No. IV date stamp. Ex Erivan.
1867 outer letter sheet to Lyon franked ‘Sitting Helvetia’ 60c. tied by Geneva cds, unframed PD and red French entry cds Suisse Lyon, arrival backstamp.
1867 small cover to Switzerland franked 1861-62 30c. with pen cancel and to right manuscript “Oak Grove Ill Aug 13”, red New York PAID Hamb. Pkt cds, red ‘16’ handstamp with various other manuscript markings in red, blue or black, reverse with Hamburg St.P transit together with Swiss tpo and arrival.
1867 ‘Steamer and Eagle’ 10 para, vertical network, block of four with good to large margins all round cancelled with four blue retta cancels, the upper two stamps with ironed out horizontal creases (invisible from front), small pre-cuts between stamps, a very rare and attractive multiple, signed Pfenniger. Ex Faberge (1940), Dr Casey (2016) and Berg (2020).
1868 (15 MAR) Entire from St Thomas to Jamaica franked GB 4d vermilion plate 9 tied by 'C51', with 'SCHOON & WILLINK & Co.' St Thomas forwarding cachet and Kingston Jamaica (MR23) arrival alongside, St Thomas dispatch on revers (MR17), fine
1868 (16 Dec) stampless entire to Trujillo, Peru bearing red Lombard Street Paid cds, manuscript “2/-“ rate, endorsed “via panama” and at top right A PANAMA transit of British Post Office cds; fine clean condition.
1868 (17/12) mourning cover to Paris franked 1866-67 imperf ‘curved label’ 80r., four good to large margins, tied fine ‘1’ numeral with Lisboa cds in association, additionally tied by French entry cds, framed P.D. at centre, arrival backstamp; fine and attractive.
1868 (22 Avril) entire to France franked 1862 40c. tied by unclear lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.3 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancels.
1868 (25 SP) ‘The Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association Weekly Circular’ to Alexandria, Egypt, endorsed “open printed circular Reg” franked 1858-79 1d., plate 102, ID and HC, tied 166 Liverpool duplex, central arrival cds of British Office; tear at right under stamp.
1868 (26/6) envelope to Poste Restante, Montreux, Switzerland franked 1854-57 Dotting in Spandrels 8s. green (four margins but damaged top right corner) together with 1864-68 3s. red violet (3) tied by four fine three-ring ‘17’ numerals and Frederica cds in association, redirected on arrival to Belaggio, Lake Como, Italy with a wide variety of backstamps.