RUSSIAN MAIL (MAINLY FROM UKRAINE) TO MALTA VIA CONSTANTINOP...

Hammer

£240

RUSSIAN MAIL (MAINLY FROM UKRAINE) TO MALTA VIA CONSTANTINOPLE FORWARDING AGENTS - MANY FACs, SOME STEAMER CDS's, ETC.: 1853-1866 E/ELs from Odessa (majority), Taganrog or Berdiansk to Malta with a variety of endorsements (10) or cachets (18) of Constantinople forwarding agents. Incs. 1864 EL from Taganrog to Malta with blue oval "GLAVANY - ZINO/CONSTANTINOPLE" (fine, "3" in Rowe recorded only in black) & franked with QV 4d Red cancelled with "C" barred oval, 1866 EL from Berdiansk to Malta with superb blue oval "V.zo DECANDIA/CONSTANTINOPLI" (not recorded in Rowe) and a few other unrecorded cachets. Little duplication. (28 covers) Cross Reference: UKRAINE, RUSSIA