Auction España, Dep. Postales y Extranjero - II Sesión
Monday, May 4th 2026
Session one
3 pm | Lots 1 - 899
Tuesday, May 5th 2026
Session two
3 pm | Lots 900- 1785
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Lot 1619
✉ VENEZUELA. 1804 (18 octubre). REGISTRO DE EMBARQUE de la Fragata "Sacra Familia" circulado de PUERTO CAVELLO a CÁDIZ haciendo escala en La Havana. Marca PTO. CAVELLO y FRANCA ambas en negro. EXTRAORDINARIAMENTE RARO, único conocido en Venezuela durante el período colonial español.
Lot 1623
✉ AUSTRIA. 1855. ALEXANDRIA. Letter with full contents dated April 23 1855 from BEIRUT to ALEXANDRIA. As for oval mark "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO-BERUTTI", it was dispatched to Alexandria by the Lloyd Syria Line packet. The rate was paid cash to the Beirut Lloyd Agency.
Lot 1647
✉ INDIA. 1856. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from CALCUTTA to GENOA franked to prepay (red boxed India Paid) the 8 anna single rate to Alexandria where was embarked on the LLOYD Austrian packet for Triest. On arrival noted 9/9 meaning 9 kreuzer debited for sea carriage and 9 for inland rate.
Lot 1648
✉ INDIA. 1857. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from CALCUTTA to GENOA franked to prepay (red boxed INDIA PAID) the 8 anna single rate to Alexandria where was embarked on the first sailing ship of the Austrian LLOYD packet for Triest. On arrival noted 9/9 meaning 9 kreuzer debited for sea carriage and 9 for inland rate.
Lot 1654
✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1854. ALEXANDRIA (Transit). Letter from PORT LOUIS (Mauritius) to PARIS paid cash the 1/ rate, as noted by red crayon, for Alexandria. It endorsed "per Annie via Galle & Marseille" carried by the SCHOONER mail service. PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS 1854 oval post mark and mark INDES OR. MARSEILLE.
Lot 1668
✉ FRANCIA. 1869. ALEXANDRIA. BRITISH AND FRENCH PACKET. Front of letter from ZAGASIK (Egypt) to KOLLEHA (Algerie) franked with one piaster Egyptian stamp to pay the inland rate for Alexandria (Ja. 3) where the French Consular Post Office added a 40 c. stamp paying the simple rate for France territories.
Lot 1674
✉ ITALIA. 1871. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ROME to SYDNEY franked with V. Emmanuel D.L.R. 40 c. (2) to pay the 80 c. rate carried via Foggia to Brindisi arriving in Alexandria; then by railway to Suez to be embarked for Calcutta and Ceylon. The Suez channel was inaugurated on November 1869 but was operating only on October 1872. In the meantime the Indian mail continued to be carried to Suez via Alexandria.
Lot 1686
✉ FRANCIA. 1864. ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT LINE. Letter from MARSEILLE to ALEXANDRIE franked for 50 c. to pay the inland and maritime carriage. It was posted the same day on board of the French packet "Said" leaving Marseille for Alexandria, having the stamps tied by lozenge "anchor" mark and alongside the d.c. of the packet "MEINAM" instead of "SAID" by the postal agent.
Lot 1689
✉ FRANCIA. 1868. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from CAIRO to MARSEILLE. It was handcarried from Cairo to Alexandria where franked to pay the single rate to destination tied by lozenge "anchor" mark and octagonal cancel ALEXANDRIE PAQ. FR. V. NR. 2-19 SEPT. 68.
Lot 1694
✉ FRANCIA. 1873. ALEXANDRIA. SYRIE LINE. FRENCH AND ITALIAN PACKETS. Letter from PORT SAID to BOLOGNA. It was posted on board of the "Syrie" line French packet with a call in Port Said, having the 40 c. stamp tied by the "lozenge ancre" mark and alongside the octagonal PORT SAID PAQ. FR. X n-4-3 Oct. 73. The letter had to be disembarked at the call of Naples of the "Syrie line" but cause of the cholera epidemic then current in Naples, it, at the call of Alexandria, was delivered to the Italian Post Office that embarked the letter on the Italian Packet "Egitto" of the "Rubattino Co." proceeding for Genoa with a call in Naples where was disembarked and receiving two fumigation cuts.
Lot 1709
✉ RUSIA. 1871. ALEXANDRIA. ROPiT LINE. Letter from LATAKIA to ALEXANDRIA, franked with a pair of 1868 Levant 3 Kcs tied by triangle of dots in bleu. It was embarked on the Russian "ROPiT" packet. On reverse the rare ALEXANDREISKOE AGENTSVO ROPiT 17/3 1871 impressed on arrival. Cert. HOLCOMBE.
Lot 1713
✉ FRANCIA. 1861. ALGIERS. Letter from ALGIERS to ANTWERPEN (Blegium) franked to pay the 80 c. rate with 20 c. x 4. It was posted on board the French steamer for Marseille where on arrival the stamps were tied by the "lozange 1896" receiving the provenance mark ALGER BAT.A VAP. 27 Juil 61.