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Disinfected Mail |
| Item No. | Country | Item Description | Price US $ |
| X5165 | France | 1739 (16 June) - Very early cover disinfected for Plague at Marseille; from Smyrne, Turkey, fumigation baking at the Marseille Lazaretto. Few letters entering France from this early period have been preserved. | $150.00 |
| X5177 | Italy | 1766 Ship Letter from Cattaro, Dalmatia to Venice. Boxed ship arrival marking: LETTERE / DA MARE ("Letter arrived by Sea") used at Venice. Disinfected for plague and handstamped with earliest recorded disinfection handstamp "S", denoting "Sanita". | $250.00 |