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Auction: 13011 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 3128

Collections and Ranges
Disinfected Mail
1590-1906 the all world collection of ninety-four entires, including Austria Lombardy Venetia 1855 from Brecia to Rimini with oval "provincia di forli/desinfetata/rimini", Brazil 1856 from Bahia to Oporto with slits, Egypt with 1848 to Marseilles with oval "purifee/a toulon", France, French Colonies Algeria 1832 with "a/armée/d´afrique" and script "Purifee a Marseille", Tunisia 1839 to Livorno with "Malta Post Office", German States Bavaria 1831 to Bohemia with "koenigl/bayerisches/sanitaetssiegel" in circle, Hamburg 1590 Corsini correspondence to London, Greece 1844 with script "Purifee a Marseille", Ionian Islands 1822 to Venezia with Cholera cachet, 1842 to Naples with framed script "Sanita in Ancona/Netto fuori e dentro", Iran 1906 from Meched to Constantinople with Russian "obezzarazheno", Italian States with a range of cachets, Netherlands 1607 from Antwerp to Florence, baked for disinfection, Rumania 1860 Galatz to Vienna with slits, Russia 1838 from Odessa to Genoa with slits and Rastel holes, Spain 1805 from Cataluna to Switzerland with Vinegar stains and Rastel holes, Turkey 1833 to Trieste with script "Gerauchert vom Contumaz Amte du Semlin, 1836 to Marseille with "purife au lazaret/malte", 1886 with blue "office sanitaire dardanelles" cachet, etc., strikes and condition, as would be expected, is varied, but neverthless a most interesting group and the basis of a fine collection. Photo

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