Disinfected mail Letter from Constantinople via Malta to London 1841-1842

Description: Disinfected mail Letter from Constantinople via Malta to London 1841-1842, Postage Due, with disinfection slits, pre-stamp period.4 pages, size: 26.5 x 21.5 cm. (10.4 x 8.4 inchesWear, stains, missing place.THE GREAT LUMINARY TO THE PRINCE OF MOLDAVIADISINFECTED MAILBY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT DISINFECTING STATIONS (OR LAZARETS) WeRe ESTABLISHEDBY POSTAL AUTHORITIES AT SEVERAL PLACES IN EUROPE WHERE MAIL WAS RECEIVED IN TRANSIT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST (ie. FROM TURKISH EMPIRE). THE PROCEDURE WAS TO MAKE INSERTIONS IN EACH LETTER WITH A KNIFE CHIBEL, WITHOUT BREAKING THE SEAL, AND THEN FUMIGATE THE LETTER WITH OBJECT OF KILLING ANY CHOLERA FLAGUE GERMS.USUALLY SUCH LETTERS WERE STAMPED BY THE DISINFESTING STATION BEFORE DESPATCHING TO DESTINATION.DISINFECTING STATION MARK. MALTE. PURIFIE AU LAZARETPAID TO DESTINATION MARkK - PDLONDON ARRIVAL DATE STAMP - 17 JA17 1842NOTE SLITSDESPATCH POST MARK FROM CONSTANTINOPLEA SOMEWHAT DELAPIDATED LETTER DESPATCHED BY AN ENGLISH MAN FROM CONSTANTINOPLE DATED 23 DE: 1841 TO HIS WIFE IN LONDON AND DISINFECTED AT MALTA.In the letter mentioned Mr. G. Manoley great Kaminary and the prince of MoldaviaGrigore Mihail Sturdza, first name also Grigorie or Grigori, last name also Sturza, Stourdza, Sturd̦a, and Stourza (also known as Muklis Pasha, George Mukhlis, and Beizadea Vițel; May 11, 1821 – January 26, 1901), was a Moldavian, later Romanian soldier, politician, and adventurer. He was the son of Prince Mihail Sturdza, a scion of ancient boyardom, and, during the 1840s, an heir apparent to the Moldavian throne, for which he was known throughout his later life as Moldavia's Beizadea (junior prince).Disinfected mail or fumigated mail is mail that has had some form of disinfection or fumigation applied to it by postal authorities, with the intention of preventing the spread of epidemics via letters sent from infected areas.The usual practice was to puncture the envelope with small holes, often in a grid pattern, or to snip off one or more corners, in order to let the fumigation gases in. In addition, a special postal marking may note the disinfection process.The process did not necessarily have a scientific basis; the practice dates from before an understanding of the cause of contagious diseases, and the fumigant was as likely to be based on folklore. For instance, in the Middle Ages Mediterranean ports such as Venice would smoke received covers or douse them with vinegar.The cholera pandemics of the early 19th century led to widespread treatment of mail, although the concern had died down by the 1840s. Mail from the tropics, particularly Hawaii, was treated against yellow fever. Following the 1898 war in Cuba, the US military government in occupation instigated several policies to reduce the endemic yellow fever problem including disinfection of mail.[1] In the 20th century some mail was heat-treated to prevent the spread of smallpox.Most countries have instituted mail fumigation at one point or another, and investigation of the specific incidents is an active area for postal history; the Disinfected Mail Study Circle publishes about 100 pages of original research each year in its journal Pratique.An instance of double disinfection took place in 1900 with the fumigation with sulphur dioxide of mail from the leper settlement of the island of Molokai and the mail was further fumigated with formaldehyde when it was received in Honolulu. However no instance of infection of post office employee was recorded even though they had handled such non-disinfected leper mail for years.

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