Spain 1818/1856 - Pre-philately. 16 mailed letters and postal history. Spain, France, and Italy.





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This lot comprises 16 used postal-history and pre-philatelic letters from Spain, France and Italy, dating from 1818 to 1856.
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Lot of 16 pre-philatelic letters and postal history (Spain, France and Italy, c. 1818–1856)
An interesting group of correspondence from the pre-philatelic and transitional period, including both domestic mail and international items with routing marks. A lot with geographic variety and different Baeza-type postmarks in black and red, postage due marks, handwritten rates, and official correspondence bearing a judicial stamp.
Interesting items include: the red linear maritime mark «V. BALEAR» (mail carried by paddle steamer in the Mediterranean), the linear routing mark «LESACA POR IRUN», an example with a Baeza date stamp from Fuentesaúco (Zamora), official correspondence from the Court of First Instance of Toro, and French transit mail with circular date stamps from Agen and Bordeaux.
Towns, origins and destinations included in the lot: Palermo, Marsala, Mazzara (Sicily), Bordeaux, Agen, Cintruénigo, Lesaca, Irún (Guipúzcoa / Navarre), Cádiz, Alicante, Cartagena (Vapor Balear), Toro, Fuentesaúco, Zamora, Lugo, Orense, Villalba, La Coruña, Logroño, Torrecilla en Cameros (La Rioja), Chinchilla, Murcia and Madrid.
No reserve price—a great opportunity.
See the images to form your own impression.
Sent by registered mail and well protected.
Lot of 16 pre-philatelic letters and postal history (Spain, France and Italy, c. 1818–1856)
An interesting group of correspondence from the pre-philatelic and transitional period, including both domestic mail and international items with routing marks. A lot with geographic variety and different Baeza-type postmarks in black and red, postage due marks, handwritten rates, and official correspondence bearing a judicial stamp.
Interesting items include: the red linear maritime mark «V. BALEAR» (mail carried by paddle steamer in the Mediterranean), the linear routing mark «LESACA POR IRUN», an example with a Baeza date stamp from Fuentesaúco (Zamora), official correspondence from the Court of First Instance of Toro, and French transit mail with circular date stamps from Agen and Bordeaux.
Towns, origins and destinations included in the lot: Palermo, Marsala, Mazzara (Sicily), Bordeaux, Agen, Cintruénigo, Lesaca, Irún (Guipúzcoa / Navarre), Cádiz, Alicante, Cartagena (Vapor Balear), Toro, Fuentesaúco, Zamora, Lugo, Orense, Villalba, La Coruña, Logroño, Torrecilla en Cameros (La Rioja), Chinchilla, Murcia and Madrid.
No reserve price—a great opportunity.
See the images to form your own impression.
Sent by registered mail and well protected.

