Foreign Postal History

16/10/1950 - FRANCE - A cover sent from Paris, 102 Bd. Pasteur, to Italy (Como), bearing marks and a censor tape of the French customs currency control - Lotto/42725

Added on 5 September 2024

21/5/1952 - POLAND - registered cover from Tarnow 1 to Italy (Como) with postal censorship handstamps for currency control - Lotto/42726

Added on 5 September 2024

12/7/1952 - ISRAEL - registered airmail cover from Tel Aviv to Italy (Como) with censor tape and a verification handstamp applied at Tel Aviv. - Lotto/42727

Added on 5 September 2024

3/8/1961 - NEW ZEALAND - airmail cover from Bluff to Italy (Turin), opened in error by the resident and forwarded on to Turin for delivery to the addressee (birds thematic) - Lotto/42728

Added on 5 September 2024

1895/1899 - FRANCE - A group of 7 covers and/or cards franked with 10/15/25 cent. (Cat. Unificato 89/90/97), to be catalogued. All were carried from Paris to Italy (Como) - Lotto/42900

Added on 21 October 2024

1961/1963 FRANCE - A group of 11 registered covers of the "Communaute Europeenne du Charbon et de l'Acier" (the European Coal and Steel Community), franked with French stamps including complete sets, sent to Milan with…

Added on 22 October 2024

15/7/1853 - SWITZERLAND - A pre-stamp letter with the straight-line postmark "Wildegg" plus a double circle in red, "Suisse ST. Louis", addressed to Montbeliard (France), in the Doubs department - excellent condition.…

Added on 23 January 2025

21/11/1939 - A franked cover with a Port Harcourt postmark, to Dakar (Senegal), with a censor mark in red, " Passed By Censor 14 Nigeria" - Lotto/48178

Added on 17 February 2026

18/7/1945 - UNITED STATES - cover from San Francisco to Switzerland, examined by the censor - Lotto/42714

Added on 4 September 2024

8/6/1945 - FRANCE - A cover from Nice to Campascio in Switzerland, opened by the French military authorities to check the contents and any transfer of currency - Lotto/42713

Added on 4 September 2024

1945 - ARGENTINA - A registered letter sent to Switzerland (Lugaggia), with the control of the military commission over civilian correspondence in transit through the occupied territories in Europe. Coloured strips have…

Added on 4 September 2024

1961 FRANCE - for the Red Cross (Cat. Unificato/Yvert No. 1278/1279), the complete set on a cover, postally used from Strasbourg to Milan, with the postmark "Strasbourg Conseil de L'Europe".

Added on 24 August 2017

31/12/1914 - MALTA - A cover to Milan franked on the reverse with 5 stamps of 1/2 d. (Cat. Unificato 43 x5), with the British censor mark " N°1084" - Lotto/41872

Added on 28 February 2024

5/2/1916 - EGYPT - A cover from Cairo to Switzerland (Lugano) bearing a handstamp and a censor tape of the British control office type, " Passed Censor 11" - Lotto/41875

Added on 28 February 2024

6/12/1943 - ARGENTINA - A cover from Necochea B.A. to Switzerland (Campascio) with an American censor tape and, on the reverse, German censorship applied to incoming mail - Lotto/42442

Added on 28 May 2024

10/12/1943 - GERMANY - A cover from Wittemberg Ludenstadt 1 to Campascio in Switzerland with a postal censor tape applied at Munich, a Zurich transit postmark and a Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42443

Added on 28 May 2024

16/12/1943 - GERMANY - An airmail cover from BEUTHEN OBERSCHL to Campascio (Switzerland) with a postal censorship resealing label applied at Munich and a red (Ad) handstamp - Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42444

Added on 28 May 2024

10/1/1944 - GERMANY - A cover from Leipzig to Campascio (Switzerland) with a postal censorship resealing label applied at Munich and a red (d) handstamp - Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42445

Added on 28 May 2024

9/5/1961 FRANCE - Official stamps, 35/50 Fr., Council of Europe (Cat. Unificato/Yvert 20/21), on a registered cover, postally used from Strasbourg to Milan.

Added on 24 August 2017