£200
MARITIME MAIL TO ITALY/TURKEY - RED OVAL "V.P.M." OR RARE P&O LEVANT LINE COVERS; 30 Jan. 1852 E from Malta (large cds) to Livorno charged "8" with mainly fine rare red oval-framed Livorno "V.P.M." (Vapori Postali Malta) on the front; plus 11 Dec. 1853 EL from Malta (large cds) to Constantinople with firm's cachet but also endorsed "Pr. City of London" (a P&O ship of their Levant Line; Reg Kirk only recorded 2 covers carried by this little-known shipping line between 1844 & 1854). Good pair. (2 covers)
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