MALTA "PAQUEBOT" MARKS ON EARLY 20tH CENTURY MAIL - MALTA, G...

Hammer

£150

MALTA "PAQUEBOT" MARKS ON EARLY 20tH CENTURY MAIL - MALTA, G.B. & ITALY FRANKINGS; 1907-38 covers/cards all with the various straight-line or cds Malta "PAQUEBOT" marks beside or cancelling stamps of GB (1907 SS Syria PPCs pair - one showing a large hooked shark! - 1909 SS Japan, and 1930s group), Italy (7 with the stamps cancelled either by Malta cds or by the Paquebot mark itself), or Malta c.1930 env. with Melita 2½d on 3d Blue tied by purple 2-ring "ADRIA/ROSSINI" cachet with Paquebot mark alongside). Plus 1937 envs. quartet with the 2-ring "PAQUEBOT/KNIGHTS OF MALTA" cds cancel on Malta frankings (one with Cayman Islands franking as well!), and a 1963 PPC. (26 covers/cards)