Subasta España, Dep. Postales y Extranjero - II Sesión

✉ 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.

Δ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1869. Piece of cover from QUEENSTOWN (Ireland) to EGYPT. 6 p. "157" bars cancel and taxed on arrival with pair of 20 para.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from PORT SAID to MARSEILLE franked with one piaster stamp (2), tied by the Egyptian P.O., to pay the double internal rate to Alexandria where the French P.O. added 40 c. (2) stamps paying the double rate for sea carriage.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to HONEDALE (Pensylavania-USA) prepaid the 8 d. rate for Biritsh sea carriage via SOUTHAMPTON and LIVERPOOL to New York with 4 d. pair tied by the British consular P.O. "B01" mark.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to LIEGE (Belgium), franked to pay the double rate 1,20 F. to destination .

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1871. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from CAIRO to NEW YORK unpaid the Egyptian inland rate as in 1859/73 in Cairo operated a British P.O. that forwarded the mail to Alexandria by private courier. It franked 10 pence (6 d. for England + 4 d. for sea carriage).

✉ 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.

✉ FRANCIA. 1872. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to DIJON franked 1,20 F. for single rate to destination with 80 + 40 tied "5080" and alongside the rare forwarding mark ALEXANDRIE PAQ. ANGL 2 OCT. 72.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1875. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to MALTA. Single rate with 4 pence stamp tied by the British Post Office "B01" mark.

✉ FRANCIA. 1875. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to PARIS franked 1,20 F. with "Ceres" 40 c. x 3 tied "5080" and alongside the rare forwarding mark ALEXANDRIE PAQ. ANGL 2 OCT. 72.

✉ EGIPTO. 1869. ALEXANDRIA. AZIZIEH COMPANY. Cover from ALEXANDRIA to CONSTANTINOPLE paid 1 p. single "port to port" rate with Egyptian stamp.

✉ EGIPTO. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. AZIZIEH COMPANY. Cover from ALEXANDRIA to CONSTANTINOPLE paid the 3 piastres triple "port to port" rate with Boulaq 1 + 2 piatre Egyptian stamps.

✉ EGIPTO. 1875. ALEXANDRIA. KHEDIVIAL LINE. Letter from CONSTANTINOPLE to CAIRO. It was posted to the Egyptian Consular P.O. paying the U.P.U. 1,20 piaster rate with two Egyptian stamps tied by the circular mark V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE-CONSTANTINOPOLI 10 NOV 75.

✉ BELGICA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT LINE. Letter from VERVIERS (Belgium) to ALEXANDRIA paid the UPU rate 25 c.

✉ FRANCIA. 1858. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from ALEP, bleu straight line POSTE FRANCAISE ALEP, to ALEXANDRIA franked to pay the 50 c. simple rate with "Napoleon" 40 + 10 c. tied by petits chiffres "3766" of Alexandrette.

✉ FRANCIA. 1861. ALEXANDRIA. COMPAGNIE BAZIN ET LEON GAY. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to LIVORNO franked 3,20 Francs, quadruple rate for carriage to Italy by the French packets, with "Napoleon" 80 c. x 4 tied by "3704". BAZIN ET GAY CO merchant ship "Byzantin".

✉ ITALIA. 1864. ALEXANDRIA. COMPAGNIE CH. BAZIN ET LEON GAY. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to LIVORNO, franked 60 c. single rate 3 for carriage to Italy by French packets by the BAZIN ET GAY CO. merchant ship "Byzantin".

✉ ITALIA. 1864. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from CAIRO to NAPLES with the POSTA EUROPEA handstamp paying the inland rate to Alexandria where the Italian P.O. added the 80 c. rate for carriage by French Packets tied by the boxed mark PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI. Cert. CHAIVARELLO and COLLA.

✉ 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.

✉ FRANCIA. 1864. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to PARIS franked with 40 + 10 c. to pay the simple rate. Lacking of franking referred to weight AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISSANT boxed mark, and so was noted by ink tax due 15 decimes.

✉ FRANCIA. 1865. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to MARSEILLE franked by the French P.O. with Napoleon 1863 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 c. tied by gros chiffres "5080" paying the triple rate to destination.

✉ 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.

✉ EGIPTO. 1868. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from ZAGAZIG to MARSEILLE overpaid the inland rate for Alexandria with a 3 piasters franking tied by POSTE VICE-REALI-ZAGASIK 21 FEB 68. The 3 p. rate, instead of 1 p. intended including the registration fee but, in any case in Alexandria was not added any franking and the French Post Office delivered it, unpaid for sea carriage, where on arrival was noted 6 decimes tax to be paid by the recipient.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT LINE. Letter Gazette des Absent n. 19 from PARIS to ALEXANDRIA franked for 40 c. to pay the inland and maritime carriage to Egypte. It carried by the "L'Archimede" Ballon monté out of Paris under Prussian siege. Cert. SCHELLER.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871. ALEXANDRIE. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to GENOA franked to pay the 80 c. single rate with two stamps "Bordeaux" 40 c. tied by lozenge gros chiffrés "5080" and alongside the d.c. mark of the French P.O.

✉ FRANCIA. 1872. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from BEYROUTH handcarried to ALEXANDRIA to be dispatched to LONDON. It was franked, paying 1,80 Fr. triple rate, with Napoleon 30 c. strip x 6.

✉ 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.

Δ FRANCIA. 1875. GREAT BRITAIN. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. FRENCH ITALIAN PACKETS. Part cover from BEIRUT to GLARIS (Switzerland) franked to pay the 2 pence single rate for carriage to Alexandria where the French P.O. added the 1,20 rate for Switzerland by the French packet. VERY RARE.

✉ GRECIA. 1864. ALEXANDRIA. SYRIA LINE. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to SYRIA ISLAND (Greece) franked to pay the rate to destination with "Hermes" 80 lepta tied by numeral "97" and alongside the d.c. of the Greek P.O. ALEXANDRIA 14 AP. 1864.

✉ GRECIA. 1872. ALEXANDRIA. SYRIA LINE. Unpaid letter from PIRAEUS to ALEXANDRIA. Lacking of transit marks we can think the letter carried in closed bag by FRENCH PACKETS. On arrival it paid the tax due 40 lepta tied by the d.c. postmark of the Greek P.O.

✉ EGIPTO. 1877. ITALY. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. Letter from CAIRO to ROME franked to pay the 1/2 pi. U.P.U. rate. It was carried to Alexandria where, as per endorsement "via Napoli", was embarked on the "Syrie Line" steamer.

✉ EGIPTO. 1885. ITALY. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from SUEZ to ATHENS paid the UPU 2 pi. rate for registered mail with 1884 1 pi. pair tied by the s.c. SUEZ and alongside the boxed RACCOMANDATO. Embarked on the SYRIE LINE French steamer.

✉ SUIZA. 1870. ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT LINE. Letter from LENZBURG (Switzerland) to ALEXANDRIA paid the 60 c. via France rate with Helvetia 10 c. x 6. Cert. EICHELE.

✉ ITALIA. 1865. ALEXANDRIA. ADRIATICO ORIENTALE CO. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to FLORENCE paid the 60 c. simple rate for Italian packet carriage. Victor Emmanuel DLR 60 c. stamp tied by the PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI boxed postmark. It, on arrival in Florence, after having added 10 c. rate, was reshipped, via Milan and St. Gallen (Switzerland) to Bad Kissingen (Bayern). RARE. Cert. DIENA.

✉ ITALIA. 1866. ALEXANDRIA (Transit). Letter from LIVORNO to MADRAS (India) paid the 1,20 Lire single rate (British mediation) to the disembarkation port. It was embarked on the "Adriatico Orientale" Italian packet for Alexandria where, care of the British P.O. was forwarded to Suez to be placed on board of the "Peninsular & Oriental" British packet "SS Behar". On arrival paid 1 anna, noted by red crayon, for inland rate.

✉ ITALIA. 1867. ALEXANDRIA (Transit). Letter from ANCONA to MADRAS (India) paid the 90 c. single rate (British mediaton) to the disembarkation port. It was embarked on the "Adriatico Orientale" Italian packet to Alexandria where, care of the British P.O. was forwarded to Suez to be placed on board the "Peninsular & Oriental" British packet. On arrival paid 1 anna, noted by red crayon, for inland rate.

✉ ITALIA. 1869. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from FLORENCE to ALEXANDRIA franked to pay the 40 c. simple rate for Italian packet embarked on the "Adriatico Orientale" Italian steamer.

Δ FRANCIA. 1869. ALEXANDRIA. ADRIATICO ORIENTALE CO. Fragment of letter addressed to FRANCE with a mixed franking Egypt/France tied by the circular POSTE EGIZIANE CANTARA 28 NOV. 69 with REGIE chiselled.

✉ ITALIA. 1869. ALEXANDRIA. Letter from CAIRO to MILAN franked with one piaster Egyptian stamp paying the internal rate to Alexandria-Italian P.O. where was added the Italian rate of 40 c. for sea carriage for Brindisi by the "Adriatico Orientale" packet.

° RUSIA. ALEXANDRIA. ROPiT. Numeral cancel "785" of Alexandria Russian Post Office.

✉ RUSIA. 1866. ALEXANDRIA. THE "RUSSIAN STEAM NAVIGATION AND TRADING COMPANY" "ROPiT" Line. ALEXANDRIA-CONSTANTINOPLE-ODESSA. Letter from ALEXANDRIA to ALEXANDRETTE franked ROPiT 2 pi. having alongside the cancellation of Alexandria PORT ALEKSANDRIYA. It was placed on board of the Russian "ROPiT" packet to be disembarked in Alexandrette where the stamp was tied by the "782" triangle of dots. Signed S. SORANI. Ex. JEIDEL, LARS ALUND and J. CHALHOUB.

✉ 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.

✉ FINLANDIA. 1847. ALGIERS. Unpaid letter from ALGIERS to JACOBSTAD-PIETARSAARI (Finland then Russian Empire). The domestic rate amounted 10 kopecs so, on delivery, the recipient paid the tax due 55,25 + 10 kopecs = 65,25 kopecs, noted by ink 65 1/4 on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1858. ALGIERS. Letter from ALGIERS to WHISBY (Great Britain) franked to pay the 40 c. simple rate to destination with 20 c. x 2 tied by lozange "3710".

✉ DINAMARCA. 1860. ALGER/BONE. Unpaid letter from SIDI BEL ABBES (Algerie) to COPENHAGEN. Tax due 35 skilling equivalent to 1,20 FF to be paid from the recipient.

✉ 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.

✉ FRANCIA. 1861. ALGIERS. Mourning letter from Algiers to NAPLES franked 2,60 Fr. paying the double rate to destination.

✉ FRANCIA. 1862. ALGIERS. Letter from ALGIERS to ROME paid the 1 Franc simple port for the Papal State with 20 c. strip x 4 + 1 tied by lozenge "gros chiffres 5005".