375th Auction

1917, Impress Földes's stamp design 15f. for the 1917 letter stamp competition in black ink under passepartout, fine and attractive

1916, Reaper 10f. rose,  horizontal strip of three with right sheet margin, proof on thick brown ungummed paper with watermark "Large Crown" showing on two stamps, right stamp small pinhole otherwise fine

1916, Reaper 10f. rose, block of 6, proof on thick brown ungummed paper, fine

1916/20, Reaper 40f. olive, block of 20, proof on thick brown ungummed paper, few minor wrinkles, fine

1916, Reaper 20f. brown with surcharge "5", block of 15 with upper sheet margin, proof on thick brown ungummed paper with watermark "Swan on pedestal" showing on six stamps and upper margin, very scarce and attractive, fine

"POJANA-MÖRUL 97 OCT 10", three clear strikes on 5kr. parcel card with additional franking Letter with colored numeral 3k. green and Letter with black numeral 30k. green/black to Leutsch, one of the few non-Magyarised cancellations, scarce, fine

"POJANA-MÖRUL 89 MAR 10", clear on telegramm card, one of the few non-Magyarised cancellations, scarce, fine

1873, 4 sk. carmine, perf. 14:13 ½, used with a postally correct cds., fine, singed Möller BPP (Mi. 950,-)  

1873, 8 sk. brown, perf. 14:13 ½, used with cds. “AKUREYI”, light wrinkle, otherwise fine, certificate Grönlund (1975) (Facit No. 3; Mi. 1.100,-)  

1873, 8 sk. brown, perf. 14:13 ½, with variety „cut SW-corner of the frame line”, used with cds. “REYKJAVIK 4.9.”, small scar in the paper on the reverse, otherwise fine, certificate Möller A.I.E.P. (2020) (Facit No. 3; Mi. 1.100,-)  

1876, 6 a.-20 a., 1882, 3 a. and 5 a. and postage due 1876, 3 a. and 10 a., tied to philatelic registered envelope from "REYKJAVIK 4/2" (1891) to New York with transit marks "REGISTERED EDINBURGH" and "REGISTERED GLASGOW" on reverse; slight transportation marks, still a fine and attractive entire

1911, Sigurdsson 1 a. and 6 a. on postcard double head 3 a. with text from "REYKJAVIK 30.VI.12" to Hamburg, slight transportation marks

INCOMING MAIL: 1387, small folded letter from Innsbruck to Venezia(?), minor ageing, a little strengthened, a very rare and early entire

1453/74/82/98, four folded letters without any postal annotation, fine

1458/59, three small folded letters from Florence, Mantova and Naples, all sent to Venice with guild sign and dry seal (made more visible by pencil), scarce and attractive early mail

1458/1515, five covers to Venice, one from Damaskus (1469 !), three with guild sign, one with double "Cito" manuscript mark, fine group

1468, small folded letter with Guild sign from Vicenza to Nenezia, endorsed "porto pagato per tutto", in addition another early (allegedly 1414) folded lettersheet, attractive early mail

1489, folded letter from Venice to Rome, an attractive early entire

1505, small folded letter from Rome to Asolom, some toning on reverse, otherwise a fine early letter The letter is written by Archpriest Cristoforo Indegni. It deals with some ecclesiastical practices obtained from Rome (including an indulgence of 15 years). It leaves from the pontifical Chancellery in Rome through the Venetians Couriers and is addressed to the Administrative Consul of Asolo

1521, folded letter from Toledo via the Spanish Netherlands and Innsbruck to Rome, the earliest known letter that was sent via the Flanders Postal Route, fine, certificate van der Linden There were six letters from Argillensa in the archive. The earliest - this letter - from Spain (Toledo) from 15.5.1521, further from 28.6.1521 from Brussels, from 12.7 to 27.7 three letters from Antwerp and from 13.8.1521 from Bruges.

1521, folded letter from Bruxelles to Rome, a scarce early entire

1544, estafette envelope to Milan, endorsed "parte de mortara 2x de ct. a una ora de la note volando volando", reverse with justification why the envelope was delivered to late "Arrived late because the river Ticino flooded...", scarce, fine

1544, estafette endorsed "Passe la staffesse de Milano...." and "Cito Cito Cito" to Naples, rare

1589, Jacomo & Palcido Ragazzoni, folded letter addressed to Corsini and endorsed "franca sino Col", fine, certificate van der Linden (1995) Provenance: The Corsini Correspondence (Christie's Robson Lowe, 1986)

1623/63/64, three covers, the earliest coming from Milan, the others from Rome, one with complete Paper tongue closure, fine

1659, "Franc pour Lyon" manuscript endorsement on folded letter from Paris, sent by the Duchess of Montpensier (Anne Marie Louise D'Orleans), to Turin, with black silk yarns affixed with wax, a very attractive and rare entire, certificate Roumet (2016)

1664/69/1724, Couriers from Genoa, three folded covers to Genoa with markings "M" (Mantova), "N" (Napoli) and "V" (Venezia), fine

1666/69, two folded letters to Genoa, one endorsed "fr. p. Mant" and with with manuscript mark "M" (Couriers from Genoa), the other endorsed "fr.P.Ma", minimal toned, otherwise fine

1669, Couriers from Genoa, folded cover to Genoa with rare manuscript mark "L" (Lyon), small ink corrosion hole, otherwise fine, rare

1669, small folded letter from Genoa to Madrid, scarce early mail, fine

1696, folded letter, dated inside "16 juillet 1696 au Camp de Lavalvera" and endorsed "Lion pur le puy" with straight-line "DEL ARMEE DIT" (Lenain LA18) alongside, sent to Le Puy-en-Velay, a very fine and scarce entire, certificate van der Linden (2009)

1696, folded letter from Venice to Aix endorsed "Fra p Lion", reverse with cord and wax seal, a fine and scarce entire, certificate Roumet (2016)

1704, folded fieldpost cover from Vercelli, endorsed "dauphine" and "d Ldvendome (=de l'armee de Vendome), with detailed report of the siege of Venue, transcription (into German) included, a fine and attractive entire

1705, War of the Spanish Succession, folded letter from Milan to Grenoble, endorsed "De Milan" and charges with "8" (dec.), fine

1706, War of the Spanish Succession, folded lettersheet with rare cancel "(de) l:Ditalie", addressed to Captain of the catholic troops in Milan, some ageing, otherwise fine

1714, 'Doge's letter' of Joannes Cornelio on parchment with plumb seal