Lot
2726 
Worldwide, (Europe) 1822 Cadiz to Calella, Spain, folded letter datelined "Cadiz 4 de Octre de 1822" with red "Cadiz" straight line handstamp and single vertical disinfection slit, letter with interesting content (in Spanish)…Even though after my arrival here on the 25th last I wrote you, I omitted to tell you why. The reason being the Epidemic which cut the communication of this city with the Port on the 26th, but luckily it stopped only having had 5 victims confined to their homes and from that time no more victims., Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
According to S. Nathan's "The Disinfected Mail of Spain", very little disinfected mail is found in Spain in 1822 as the few remaining pockets of yellow fever had been contained. This rare letter shows one of the last small pockets of yellow fever being contained that year in Cadiz.
Realized: $325
Lot
2727
Worldwide, (Europe) 1826 Zante, Ionian Island to Edinburgh, England, folded letter showing heavy disinfected heating and large horizontal slits, endorsed "via Otranto" with bold oval straight line handstamp, red Austrian "Jonia" transit handstamp, reverse with red "Isola, Zante" circular origin handstamp and Corfu fancy oval date stamp oval; cover tear between slits on front, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce Ionian Island usage. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $250
Lot
2728
Worldwide, (Europe) 1830 Odessa, Russia to Genoa, Italy, folded letter datelined "Odessa 29/10 1830" (when Russia was the only country in Europe infected with cholera), forwarded by Basillio Paserli from Brody with oval Brody, in Galliz handstamp, opened and resealed at the Sardinian frontier with greenish blue "Guinta Sanitara Di Novara" (Health Council of Novara) oval cachet handstamp on reverse, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $250
Lot
2729
Worldwide, (Europe) 1831 Fiume, Croatia to Venice, Italy, folded letter with red "Fiume" straight line handstamp with large arms wafer seal of the Royal Govt. of the Hungarian Litturaz (Croatia), cover fumigated at Trieste which was opened, disinfected (cover browned) and resealed with two red wax "Sigillum Sanitatis Tergesti" seals on reverse (type BII-F), Very Fine, ex-Meyer (photo on web site). Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $260
Lot
2730
Worldwide, (Europe) 1836 Ascoli to Castignaro, Italy, folded letter with printed letterhead "Delegazione Apostolica Di Ascoli, Commissione Sanitaria Provinciale", with blue straight line Ascoli handstamp and oval "Commis. Sanitaria Provinciale, Ascoli" cachet handstamp on front and reverse, Very Fine. Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $375
Lot
2731
Worldwide, (Europe) 1843 Frioul to Marseilles, France, folded letter datelined "Frioul, 11 Agosto, 1843" from a captain in quarantine at the Frioul archipelago, reverse with script "Purifiee a Marseille." straight line on reverse, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $200
Lot
2732
Worldwide, (Europe) 1849 Copenhagen, Denmark to Civitavecchia, Roman States, folded administrative circular from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Consul of Denmark, with bold "Provincia Di Bologna, Disinfettata" handstamp, various rate markings and Hamburg transit cds, Very Fine, a very scarce marking, with at least forty four example known of this handstamp cachet marking. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $400
Lot
2733
Worldwide, (Europe) 1853 Milan to Civitavecchia, Italy, folded letter franked with four margin Lombardy Venetia, 1850, 15c red + 30c brown (Scott 4+5) tied by bold "Milano 13/10" cds's, boxed "Disinfettata" handstamp (applied on Bologna) and four horizontal slits, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and choice. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $350
Lot
2734
Worldwide, (Latin America) 1828-30 Cuba & Haiti to Bordeaux, France, two folded letters; 1828 from Santiago, Cuba and 1830 from Port au Prince, Haiti, both with "Pays D'Outremer, Par Le Havre" boxed handstamp and matching circular date stamp alongside (red marking from Cuba and black from Haiti), both showing diagonal disinfection slits likely applied upon arrival in Havre, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $140
Lot
2735
Worldwide, (Latin America) 1831 Havana, Cuba to Barcelona, Spain, folded letter datelined "Habana, Julio 18, 1831" with red "Yndia" straight line and "5R" rate handstamps, disinfected with six strikes of cross shaped "rastel" punctures, Very Fine, scarce. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $350