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| Country: Malta Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire on printed A. Gatt, Malta albino sender lettersheet marked "Via Italy" to Carmelo F. Caruana, New York with GB QV 2½d Plate 2 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 8 76. £60 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Marseilles with GB QV 2½d Plate 6 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/NO 28 76. £40 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Constantinople with GB QV 2½d Plate 11 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated D/MALTA/MY 30 78 with blue crayon "11" alongside. £60 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1879 cover to Naples with GB QV 2½d Plate 13 tied "A25" duplex sated C/MALTA/FE 6 79, reverse clear Napoli 9 2-79 arrival cds. £45 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 albino embossed A. L. MICALE, MALTA sender lettersheet with full written content to Catania (Sicily) with GB QV 2½d Plate 9 tied "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 31 78, full clear backstamps. £48 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1872 wrapper to Livorno with GB QV 1d Plate 125 and GB QV 3d Plate 8 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 18 72, accountancy and full clear backstamps which can display. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve PLATE 17 on entire, Malta postal history 1880 complete entire "p. S.S. Nantes" with TEOFANI & MERICAS, MALTA cachet to Istra (Croatia's heart-shaped peninsular shared by Croatia, Slovenia and Italy) with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 17 tied "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 12 80. £500 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1871 wrapper to Messina, Sicily with GB QV 1d Plate 129 and QV 3d Plate 6 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/DE 26 71. £110 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1880 cover to Innsbruck, Austria with early use GB QV 2½d blue Plate 17 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/AP 29 80, some toning. Plate 17 was the only plate used for both the QV 2½d rosy-mauve and 2½d blue. £75 |
;) | MALTA postal history Ex LLOYD-LOWLES 1875 wrapper by Italian steamer "Milano" to Messina, Sicily with GB QV 1d Plate 160, QV 3d Plate 15 twice tied A25 duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 16 75 with boxed red P.D. 2 3/4 accountancy. Ex LLOYD-LOWLES. £140 |
;) | MALTA Postal history 1880 wrapper to Messina, Sicily with late use GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 16 tied "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/JA 19 80, reverse Messina 20 1 80 arrival which displays clear of flap. Plate 16 rosy-mauve issued NO 22 1879 and Plate 17 blue issued MR 5 1880. £75 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1872 cover to Firenze, Italy with GB QV 1d red Plate 125 and GB QV 3d Plate 7 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/AP 13 72, red handstruck 2 3/4, flap missing, various complete backstamps. Ex Michael Lewis. £90 |
;) | ARMY POST OFFICE H.D.I., Malta postmark A/27 NO 18 on KGV ½d WAR TAX, KGV 1d piece. £13 |
;) | EMPIRE 1d rate with MALTA, GIBRALTAR combination 1902 cover to Devonport with Malta QV 1d carmine and Gibraltar QV 1d carmine both tied Gibraltar "A26" duplex dated SP 8 02, b/stamped Devonport SP 13 02 arrival. £140 |
;) | MALTA postal history (Ex Lloyd-Lowles) 1863 entire with albino embossed sender's oval to Messina with GB QV 1d, QV 3d (no plate numbers) tied pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated A/JY 12 63 with boxed "PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESCI" handstamp alongside and red crayon "1½" accountancy. Ex LLOYD-LOWLES. £195 |
;) ;) | PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESCI as "killer" (contrary to regulations), MALTA postal history 1863 wrapper on "G. Scicluna & Figli, Malta" albino printed paper stock plus handstruck cachet to Messina with GB QV 1d, QV 3d (no plate numbers) tied two strikes of the Malta "A25" duplex dated B/NO 21 63, the QV 1d poorly struck and additionally "killed" by boxed "PIROSCAFI/ POSTALI/FRANCESCI" handstamp contrary to regulations, alongside red crayon "1½" accountancy. £180 |
;) ;) | DOUBLE RATE TO ITALY with SINGLE RATE ACCOUNTANCY HANDSTAMP ERROR, MALTA postal history 1871 wrapper with J. BORGES DA SILVA/MALTA sender's cachet to Livorno, Italy with double rate paid by pair GB QV 1d Plate 111, pair QV 3d Plate 6 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated B/AP 28 71 showing red handstruck "2 3/4" accountancy reserved for single weight letters (the double rate was applied as "5½" in blue manuscript as no handstruck instrument was made). £275 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1871 cover marked "via Messina" to Naples with GB QV 1d Plate 121, 3d Plate 5 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated A/FE 21 71. £120 |
;) ;) | HMS SULTAN (under command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh), MALTA postal history 1877 cover with H.M.S. SULTAN printed flap to the Honorable Mrs. Lindsay, Woodlands, Cardiff, South Wales (possibly written by Royal hand) with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 5 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated D/AP 6 77, flap intact but poorly opened either side of printing clear of light Cardiff C/AP 11 77 arrival. In 1876 HMS Sultan was refitted and reduced from a small Channel Fleet coastal warship to a barque rig and posted to the Mediterranean under the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Albert (1844-1900) second son of Queen Victoria. Alfred married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovana of Russia in St. Petersburg and their second daughter Princess Victoria Melita was born on 25 November 1876 in Malta. Prince Alfred, Honorary President 1890-1900 of what is now the Royal Philatelic Society, was the first serious stamp collector in the royal family and it is thought that he encouraged his nephew, later KGV, to collect stamps. Prince Alfred sold his collection to his brother King Edward VII, who shared his enthusiasm, who in turn gave it to his son King George V, and keenly expanded by the latter the two collections became the basis of what is now the Royal Philatelic collection. £225 |
;) ;) | TRIPOLI, Barbary Coast to France, MALTA postal history 1878 entire on Emile de Testa printed paper written headed in French "Tripoli 17 Mai 1878" to Paris, France taken to Malta with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 10 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MY 20 78 arriving 24 MAI 78. £185 |