1846-61 TO FRANCE, TRIESTE OR SABIONCELLO GROUP - INC. RARE ...

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£220

1846-61 TO FRANCE, TRIESTE OR SABIONCELLO GROUP - INC. RARE MISSENT TO GB - 1846 EL from "CORFU" to Lyons with red m/s "3" prepaid but extraordinarily Missent to Gibraltar while in transit in Malta and so with London cds and v. fine red oval "PD" (cancelled); 1858 EL sent unpaid to "Sabioncello" (then in Austria, now Peljesac in Croatia) with small "CORFU" cds on the front and scarce "RAGUSA/23.MARo." on the flap; 1860/61 pair of Es to Paris with small "CORFU" cds's, red Trieste "A" marks, red 2-ring "AUTRICHE/CULOZ" entry-marks and different ratings. Plus rare 1861 unpaid E to Trieste from "Cefalonia" but posted from "CORFU" (fine small cds) with a previously unrecorded (by Rowe et al) small blue oval Forwarding Agent cachet of "G. ASTARITA/CORFU" on the front. (5 covers) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, FORWARDING AGENTS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MISSENT MAIL