26 May 2025 – 1 Jun 2025
8868 lots
Lot 85453 | Ionian Islands 1853 Zante to Malta, oval accountancy
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1853 entire from Zante to Malta with blue scroll Zacynthos despatch cancel on reverse, fine double oval accountancy marking on front in same ink which…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85454 | Ionian Islands froup four entires to overseas
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1853 entire Corfu to Athens with red manuscript « 3 » for local carriage,
« 10 » for ship to Piraeus and « 6 » Greek postage, 1855 Kythera to Syros,
1860…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85455 | Ionian Islands 1856 and 1864 incoming covers from France
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1856 Mail from France: Envelope from Le Havre to Corfu via Paris, Bureau Francais A Bale (Switzerland) and Triest, blue Zacynthos transit and final arrival…
Estimation: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 85456 | Ionian Islands 1856 Cephalonia to Patras, oval accountancy
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1856 entire to Patras, Greece with Cephalonia scroll despatch cancel at top, fine oval accountancy marking in same ink which indicates prepayment of the…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85457 | Ionian Islands 1856 Cephalonia to Syros, oval accountancy
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1856 entire to Syra, Greece with unclear scroll despatch cancel at base alongside company chop, fine oval accountancy markings of « 7 1/2 » at right for…
Estimation: 120 – 150 CHF
Lot 85458 | Ionian Islands 1858 cover Cephalonia to Hampshire England
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1858 Mail to Great Britain: Pink envelope to Horndean, Hampshire, England endorsed « Via Trieste » bearing blue Cephalonia scroll with framed FRANCO in same…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 85459 | Ionian Islands 1858 cover Zacvnthos to Edinburgh
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1858 Mail to Great Britain: Envelope to Edinburgh, Scotland endorsed « Paid Via Triest » bearing blue despatch with framed FRANCO in same blue colour, « 1d »…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 85460 | Ionian Islands 1859 Zanta to Venice, per Vapor Austriaco
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1859 entire to Venice, endorsed « por Vapor Austriaco » with blue Zacynthos double-ring despatch, red « 1d » Ionian postal charge, pencil « 15/10 » accountancy…
Estimation: 150 – 250 CHF
Lot 85461 | 1861-66 group of three covers
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1861-66 group of three covers incl. 1861 outer letter sheet bearing blue Georgio Marchetti Corfu handstamp and embossing to Napoli but without any despatch…
Estimation: 150 – 250 CHF
Lot 85462 | Ionian Islands 1861 Zante to Constantinople entire
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1861 two page entire to Constantinople, endorsed « Col Vapore Austr » with blue Zacynthos date stamp, Lloyd Agenzia Constantinopoli arrival backstamp, red…
Estimation: 150 – 250 CHF
Lot 85463 | Ionian Islands 1863 Santa Maura to Florence entire
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1863 (1 Feb) envelope to Firenze bearing central Lefkas double circle cds, endorsed « Via Ancona », reverse with Bologna transit and arrival cds, obverse…
Estimation: 100 – 150 CHF
Lot 85464 | Ionian Islands 1863 Cephalonia to Constantinople, oval accountancy
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1863 entire to Constantinople with scroll despatch cancel bottom left, fine oval accountancy marking in same ink which indicates prepayment of the Ionian…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85465 | 1864 entire Zacynthos to Constantinople with despatch date stamp and 1866 entire to Trieste via Corfu, endorsed « Col vapore Austriaco ».
Ionian Islands » Postal History » Mail to and from Foreign Destinations
1864 entire Zacynthos to Constantinople with despatch date stamp with central dates inverted, partly overstruck by framed FRANCA indicating prepayment,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85466 | Ionian Islands 1815 Lixuri Cefalonia entire to Corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1815 entire to Corfu bearing a good strike of brown-red Lixuri Di Cefalonia (Zaphiriou type B) with manuscript « 3 » (paras) and « franca » at centre, without…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85467 | Ionian Islands 1818 entire Isole Di Zante to Corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1818 entire to Corfu bearing a good strike of brown-red Isole Di Zante
Type A (Zaphiriou p.204) with manuscript « 1 1/2 » obols for double weight letter
…
Estimation: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 85468 | Ionian Islands 1820 entire Isole Di Zante to Corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1820 entire to Corfu bearing a fine strike of brown-red « ISOLE DI ZANTE » Type B (Zaphiriou p.204, Smaller inner circle) with manuscript « 4 » paras for double…
Estimation: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 85469 | 1823 Entire handwritten “Con Cap” and given to an authority somewhere in Rommeli or Morea with lilac-brown oval cachet
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1823 Entire handwritten “Con Cap” and given to an authority somewhere in Rommeli or Morea with lilac-brown oval cachet, then forwarded to the Ionian Island…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 85470 | Ionian Islands 1825 Corfu to Santa Maura outer letter sheet
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1825-32 pair of covers with different types of Corfu Coat-of-Arms cachets, incl. 1825 outer letter sheet to Santa Maura bearing a very fine larger oval…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85471 | Ionian Islands two 1825 entires corfu to Santa Maura and Zante
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1825 pair of entires, both letters in Greek but addressed in Italian with one from Corfu to Santa Maura dated September 22 with green « Isole Ionie » double…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85472 | Ionian Islands 1830 entire Cephalonia to Corfu, picture cancel
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1830 entire to Corfu bearing a fine strike of Officio Della Posta Di Cefalonia seal, showing a portrait of Cephalus and his dog, Lelaps, Cephalonia scroll…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85473 | Ionian Islands 1832 Paxo to corfu entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1832 (25 January) entire to Corfu with Paxo scroll (type B) despatch
fine circular Paxo Posta Pagata prepayment handstamp with manuscript « 1 »
for…
Estimation: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 85474 | Ionian Island 1832 Small Corfu handstamp internal entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1832 internal Corfu entire bearing a fine strike of the small royal seal with red manuscript « 6 » presumably for double rate inter island mail, black scroll…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 85475 | Ionian Islands 1834 two entires Paxo to corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1834 two entires to same addressee in Corfu, each with Paxo scroll despatch of 12 July and 12 October, circular Paxo Posta Pagata prepayment handstamps…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85476 | Ionian Islands 1835 Cephalonia to corfu entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1835 (13 May) entire to Corfu bearing circular Officio Della Posta di Cefalonia seal with central portrait now faded out, below red manuscript « 4 » for…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85477 | Ionian Islands 1835 Cephalonia to Corfu inter consul entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1835 (31 October) entire from the « Agente Consolare di Francia in Cefala » to a Mr Gautier, the French Consul for the Ionian Islands, in Corfu with black…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 85478 | Ionian Islands 1837 registered Santa Maura to Corfu entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1837 (9 September) entire to Corfu bearing green Santa Maura scroll despatch date stamp on reverse, the same date as letter, front with fine double circle…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85479 | Withdrawn (duplicate with 85480)
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
Withdrawn (duplicate with 85480)
Estimation: NaN CHF
Lot 85480 | Ionian Islands 1843 Zante to Corfu entire inverted day in cancel
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1843 (23 July) entire from Zacynthos to Corfu with despatch scroll date stamp and arrival on reverse, the despatch cancel showing inverted « 3 » in « 23 »,…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 85481 | Ionian Islands 1847 registered outer letter sheet from Corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1847 (5 June) outer letter sheet to Santa Maura endorsed « Raccomandata » at top, Corfu scroll despatch and double circle Posta Pagata prepayment mark with…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85482 | Ionian Islands group 1858-64 seven entires
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Inter Island Mail
1858-64 seven entires from the last period of the British Protectorate, seven entires with 1853 Cephalonia to Corfu, 1858 Santa Maura to Corfu with fine…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 CHF
Lot 85483 | Ionian Islands 1815 Santa Maura to Corfu cover
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Stampless mail
1809-15 British Military Occupation: 1815 (22 March) entire written in Italian to Corfu bearing good strike of the large green ISOLA DI SANTA MAURA double-ring…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 85484 | Ionian Islands 1818-43 group 7 entires
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Stampless mail
1818-43 A fine group of seven entires with 1818 Corfu to Parga (Epirus) with large greenish Isole Ionie double circle, 1824 entire Ikaria to Zante, 1824…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 85485 | Ionian Islands 1826 Zante to Venice via Fiume disinfected entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Stampless mail
1826 (May 29) entire from Zacynthos (Zante) to Venice, written in
Italian bearing on reverse good strike of red double-circle ISOLA DI
ZANTE overstruck…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85486 | Ionian Islands 1845 incoming entire from Odessa Ukraine
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Stampless mail
1845 (28 Dec) entire written in Greek from Odessa to Cephalonia showing boxed ODESSA despatch, manuscript « Via Trieste » at top, small circular Corfu arrival…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85487 | Ionian Islands 1846 entire Zante to Boston, USA
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Stampless mail
1846 Entire in English dated 14 March to Boston, USA, endorsed « Via Marseille », written from Zante and probably carried on HMS Volcano to Malta where Malta…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85488 | Ionian Islands 1849 Paid at Cephalonia entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1849 (9 July) entire letter from Cephalonia to Blackheath showing fine strike of PAID AT CEPHALONIA Crown Circle at left, ornate datestamp to lower right,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 85489 | Ionian Islands 1850 entire Cephalonia crown circle entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1850 (21 Jan) entire letter (in Greek) from Cephalonia to Patras showing good strike of PAID AT CEPHALONIA Crown Circle at left ornate datestamp alongside,…
Estimation: 600 – 800 CHF
Lot 85490 | Ionian Islands Paid At Corfu crown circle 1845 entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1845 (29 Oct) entire letter from Corfu to Patras showing a very bold, fine strike of PAID AT CORFU Crown Circle at left, small double-ring cds at right,…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85491 | Ionian Islands Paid At Corfu crown circle 1846 entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1846 (22 Aug) entire letter from Corfu to Patras, endorsed « Col Vapour Ingles » above a fair strike of PAID AT CORFU Crown Circle bottom left, small despatch…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85492 | Ionian Islands Paid At Corfu crown circle 1850entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1850 (19 Nov) entire letter from Corfu to Patras showing a fair strike of PAID AT CORFU Crown Circle top left, ornate despatch datestamp top centre, manuscript,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85493 | Ionian Islands 1848 Paid at Zante entire to Marseille
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1848 (10 Aug) entire letter in Italian from Zante to Marseille, endorsed « voie de Malte » with a particularly fine strike of the PAID AT ZANTE crown circle…
Estimation: 600 – 800 CHF
Lot 85494 | Ionian Islands 1849 Paid at Zante to Athens
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » Crown Circle Handstamps (S.G. CC1 – CC4)
1849 (4 July) entire letter from Zante to Athens showing good strike of PAID AT ZANTE Crown circle at left with less clear local datestamp at right, red…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85495 | Ionian Islands 1859 Perkins Bacon black proof
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 Perkins Bacon imperf proof in black, four good to close margins fresh unused on medium thick paper, Pfenniger handstamp
Estimation: 100 – 120 CHF
Lot 85496 | Ionion Islands mint and used accumulation
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 1/2d (3) each with three margins, two hinged mint, one unused, 1d. good to large margins hinged mint, 2d. (3) with four good to close margins hinged…
Estimation: 100 – 120 CHF
Lot 85497 | Ionian Is 1859 set of 3 block 4 mh mnh
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 Set of three values in blocks of four 1/2d orange touched to close margins of generally good colour, hinged between top pair only, similar 1d blue…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 85498 | Ionian Is 1859 set of three used Corfu
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 set of three, 1/2d four margins and 1d. three margins on small pieces with large part blue Corfu handstamps, the2d, four margins but scissor cut top…
Estimation: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 85499 | 1859 1/2d. orange right-hand margin block of four, major re-entry
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 1/2d orange, right-hand marginal block of four (pos. R7-8, 11-12) with large to very large margins, the upper right stamp showing the R7/12 MAJOR…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 85500 | Ionian Islands 1859 1d blue major re-entry unused
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 1d blue, close to large margins showing major re-entry, a doubling of IOIKON and extra line down to buckle fresh unused without gum (S.G. £375), plus…
Estimation: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 85501 | Ionian Is 1859 2d horizontal strip of four hinged mint
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 2d horizontal strip of three with good even margins all around fresh hinged mint
Estimation: 80 – 100 CHF
Lot 85502 | Ionian Is 1859 1/2d (4, with re-entry) and 2d pair entire
Ionian Islands » British Protectorate » 1859 Issue (S.G. 1-3)
1859 Quadruple rate entire dated July 1 from Cephalonia to Corfu bearing on front 1d pair with margin barely touched at left and, on reverse, paying the…
Estimation: 10’000 – 12’000 CHF