(Palestine) 1906 parcel card to Trieste bearing single franking 10pi. surcharge tied Jerusalem Osterr. Post cds, reverse with cyrillic transit and arrival cds; left-hand portion of card removed, a scarce single franking
(Palestine) 1908 parcel card to Hungary franked 1900-01 Without varnish bars 1pi. on 25h. pair on front and strip of three on reverse plus a 10pi. on 2k. tied Jerusalem date stamps, Budapest backstamp.
(Palestine) 1908 Value Declared parcel card to Jerusalem from Staraia Ouchitza franked 14k. and 1r., endorsed “Via Odessa”, reverse with violet ROPIT JAFFA and ROPIT JERUSALEM cancels; a repair at top of form and central vertical crease; very unusual
(Palestine) 1910 (30/3) registered Hotel Fast envelope to Vienna bearing single franking top marginal Gerusalemme 4 Piastre 4 on 1 Lira tied Gerusalemme (Postale Italiano) cds with another strike alongside, registration label at left. Sorani Certificate.
(Palestine) 1911 ‘Banque Imperiale Ottomane’ envelope to Vienna franked 1 Piastre 1 on 25c. tied Gerusalemme square circle date stamp with another strike to left; good condition.
(Palestine) 1914 (23/1) cover to Firenze bearing single franking Gerusalemme/ 1 Piastra 1 on 25c. tied by fine square circle GERUSALEMME date stamp, with another strike alongside, arrival backstamp; slightly reduced at left.
(Palestine) 1914 (4/4) 20 Para 20 on 10c postal stationery card used to Genova cancelled by Gerusalemme square circle date stamps, Rappallo arrival cds to left; small corner crease otherwise fine and fresh used with long message.
(Palestine) 1962 (20 Dec) parcel card to Bavaria, West Germany bearing mixed franking of Transjordan 1943-44 1L.P. (2) and Kingdom 10f. tied by single bilingual Bethlehem 2 cds, with a customs charge raised on arrival; horizontal and vertical creasing clear of stamps.
(Panama) 1844 outer letter sheet to Tours, France endorsed “Via Panama”, from an unknown country bearing undated circular SOUTH AMERICA VIA PANAMA handstamp (only mentioned as dated in Robson Lowe) overstruck with very fine Panama Forwarding Agents, Louis Lewis (not listed in Rowe), red framed accountancy handstamp, reverse with double-arc Kingston Jamaica, red London transit, red French entry on front, reverse Paris transit and arrival; fine and attractive.
(Panama) 1855 (SP 23) entire to Paris bearing on reverse fine red COLON broken double circle date stamp, London transit alongside, the front with red framed COLONIES/& ART 13 accountancy, Calais entry cds overstriking rate handstamp; fine and scarce.
(Panama) 1871 (Dec) envelope to Limerick, Ireland franked 1867-80 1/-, plate 5, IC cancelled ‘C35’ obliterator with A/ PANAMA cds in association, arrival backstamp.
(Panama) 1886 (AU 1) envelope to Newbury franked 1884 4d. green tied ‘C35’ Panama duplex, arrival backstamp. A little roughly opened at top, a late usage of 4d. rate at the Panama Packet Agency following entry of Colombia into UPU on 1.7.1881. Very rare with only 2 such covers recorded and not listed in S.G., R.P.S. Certificate.
(Papal States) 1853 entire to Geneva, Switzrland bearing single franking four margined 5 baj. tied Roma cds, two-line VIA DE/SALZANA and single-line T.S.2., reverse with blue Carouge and Geneve cds; good condition.
(Papal States) 1855 entire to Palma franked 1b and 7b with touched to close margins, the 1b with both frame lines at base handstamped with blue CENTO handstamp with matching small cds top left, each stamp additionally cancelled by Ferrara cross, framed Stati Pontificio handstamp to left, arrival backstamp.
(Papal States) 1859 part entire without side flaps to Lisbon, Portugal franked by 1852 single four margined 2b and right-hand marginal horizontal strip of four 5b, with margins just touched in two places, cancelled/tie by rhomboid of bars, small framed P.P. at right, unclear despatch, red French entry cds and local arrival charge handstamp ‘480’ reis, reverse with French transits and oval arrival date stamp; fine clean appearance.
(Papal States) 1865 part outer letter sheet to Mahe, Seychelles franked by 1852 50b blue together with 6b greenish grey tied by single grid of bars cancel, Roma despatch cds (3 Lug) at right, framed ‘P.P.’ at centre, French octagonal maritime date stamp at centre. A fine franking paying the double rate for conveyence by sea to Marseille and then on board a French oacket to Alexndria, carried overland to Suez, where a Ligne Suez-La Reunion French packet completed the last portion of the journey. The 50baj showing the design complete, barely touching at base, clear to large margins otherwise. Three of the backflaps are missing. One of just two covers recorded, originating from all Italian States, addressed to the Seychelles (both from the Papal states, bearing a 50baj and each being unique with involvement of either French or British packets). Signed Colla, A. Bolaffi, Sorani, Oliva, R. Diena plus Bolaffi Cert.
(Papal States) 1866 ladies mourning envelope to Gourock, Scotland bearing three colour imperf franking, reverse with Edinburgh tarnsit and arrival cds.
(Papal States) 1868 mourning envelope addressed to a “Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur/ Mayor of Chinon”, franked imperf 40c. and perforated 10c.; fine and attractive.
(Papal States) 1868 outer letter sheet to Sydney, Australia franked imperforate 80 Cent horizontal pair , interspazio di gruppo together with a perforated 10c. and 20c., all with lozenge cancels, Roma cds (21 Ott), small framed PP and two PD, arrival backstamp of DE 25. Extremely scarce inter-panneau pair with one touched margin at top, to an equally rare destination.
(Papal States) 1869 registered cover to Bastia, Corsica bearing mixed issue franking of imperf 80c. single and a further pair of 80c. in a brighter shade together with a perforated 10c. tied by four lozenges, straight-line ASSICURATA handstamp, Roma cds, red framed PD, unframed CHARGE and French entry cds, reverse with framed registration, transit and arrival cancels. The reverse is a bit messy, light vertical filing crease running between two of the 80c. Very rare cover to a fine destination.