GREAT BRITAIN - LATER EUROPEAN MAIL TO/FROM G.B. WITH AGENTS...

Hammer

£140

GREAT BRITAIN - LATER EUROPEAN MAIL TO/FROM G.B. WITH AGENTS' MARKINGS: 1838-1900 covers & card inc. 1838 EL London to Cuba with blue-black oval "FORWARDED BY/BARTHEZ BROTHERS/LONDON" (not recorded in Rowe) but no other postal markings, 1842 EL Antwerp to London with only "LIGHTLY & SIMON/SHIP AGENTS/123, Fenchurch Street", 1850 EL Riga to Oporto with oval "WILLIAM MASON/LONDON" (not recorded in Rowe) with ms date within, 1846 EL London to Santander with garter-frame "POLDEN & LAFARGUE" FAC, 1848 EL to Riverdeo with "Agent for Lloyds Holyhead", 1866 E from Liverpool to Paris with 1d Red pair + 6d Purple with Havre FAC, and group of 1d Red bootleg covers from various continental agents with their own cachets. (13 covers + 1 postcard + 1 receipt) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, ANGLESEY, SPAIN