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  • Lot# : 318 Malta

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    1663 (Jan 16): Lazara correspondence entire letter from Gio Della Pescalone in Malta to Giovanni de Lazara in Padua, prepaid with red manuscript '6' (soldi) on reverse. The entire would have travelled via Venice by sea and thence overland. Slight soiling but a rare and early entire.rnrnNote: The sender, Gio Della Pescalone, was a Jesuit and the Paduan Nuncio in Venicernrn 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 319 Malta

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    1760 (March 28): Entire letter from Malta to Monopoli near Naples, struck with "Mefsina" straight line provenance handstamp (Van der Linden fig. 1990C = 6 ptd.) applied on arrival in Naples in black. A good strike of this rare marking: earlier than the recorded date and unrecorded in this colour by VDL.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 320 Malta

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    1766 (April 8 and 15): Entire letter from Rome to Malta, the original added to one week later in a different hand, carried via Naples and Messina (Sicily) to Malta, with "Roma" straight line handstamp in yellow (as Van der Linden fig. 2450B, this being the un-illustrated type) applied in Naples and docketing on side panel at left "1.8" (1 taro, 8 piccoli ?). Acid ink fault at base but a scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
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    Lot# : 321 Malta

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    1767 (Dec 15): Entire letter from Malta to Grenoble, struck with fine two line MARSEILLE / DE MALTHE handstamp in black (Lenain #20), an early usage of this scarce marking. Taxed '10' sols in manuscript on obverse. A fresh and fine entire.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 322 Malta

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    1783 (Oct 11): Entire letter written in German from Malta to Heilbronn endorsed 'par Augsbourg', addressed to a 'Senateur de la Ville libre et Imperiale de Heilbronn', mailed via Messina with provenance handstamp MESSINA applied in yellow in transit at Naples (Van der Linden fig. 1990D, earliest recorded use by five years). Manuscript '10' (grana) for Naples with manuscript 'd'Italie' alongside, '8' (kreuzer) for Austrian charge at Innsbruck and '16' kreuzer total due in red crayon on arrival. A very rare entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2316 Malta

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    Austrian Lloyd Agency in Malta 1891: Malta 1 d. red on buff postal stationery card used to Vienna cancelled by 'A25' duplex (July 30), with very fine (and unrecorded) oval framed "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD / AUSTRO-UNGARICO / MALTA" handstamp in blue at upper left. The writer, most probably an officer on board a Lloyd steamer on a re-fuelling stop at Malta states: 'in the morning we entered here to take on 500 tons of coal and will stay here until tomorrow, our next stop will be Gibraltar'.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF
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