376th Auction

MALTA: 1872, 6d. pale chestnut in combination with 1d. red, plate 127 horizontal pair, tied by two strikes of duplex "A25 MALTA NO 15 72" to small mourning cover to London, fine and attractive

1795, folded letter from Malta via Italy and the Thurn and Taxis postal system "Mantova Insbruck augsburg" to Brunswick with taxation "6½" in red crayon, fine

1862/65, 4d. orange, with small resp. large white corner letters, on two covers to Tunis resp. Palermo, the earlier with taxation "2 3/4" in red crayon, the latter with red boxed "P.D. 2 3/4", some faults, especially the cover with boxed PD, but an interesting duo

1872, folded letter from "MALTA JY 19 72" via Italy, with red boxed "P.D. 2 3/4", there the value crossed out and another "P.D. 4 3/4" boxed handstamp applied next to it alongside, to Limbach, Saxony, vertical filing fold, a fine and scarce letter showing the "4 3/4" handstamp at the earliest date recorded