Lot 40190 – The Sonnino Maritime Archive 1834-1851

The Sonnino Maritime Archive

1834-1851 An intact original archive of many hundreds of disinfected entires all addressed to “Sign G. Sonnino” or “Sign J. Sonnino” from Atfe, Constantinople, Malta, London, Livorno, Alexandria, Cairo, mostly addressed to Egypt or Malta. Many hundreds are carried by the Posta Europea from Cairo to Alexandria & bear the small oval cachet ‘AGENZIA DELLA POSTA EUROPEA/IN CAIRO’ mostly in black with some in blue, also others carried by the Austrian, French or British postal services & show postal marking from these foreign post offices. The disinfection is seen mostly with slits in the entires also shown are some Malta disinfection mkgs. The letters are mostly written in Italian, however also present are some Greek & Hebrew. An outstanding archive for the postal historian (1200+ entires & some 100’s of maritime documents etc.)