Marseille - Roma - Ligne D'Italie - VIA DI MARE - 19.2.1859

Bonjour à tous, 

I observed a letter to Rome that contains the following 2 marks. One transit mark applied in Marseille on 19.2.1859 and another mark applied (somewhere in Italy) on 24.2.1859 with VIA DI MARE. These 5 days between Marseille and the coast of Italy are compatible with travel by sea but the dates are not listed on Raymond Salles on the Italian chapter (Tome II). From Raymond Salles, around these dates it references only the vap. Sinai who left Marseille on 21.2.1859 and arrived on Naples on the 26.2.1859 with transit in Civita Vecchia. Doesn’t seem to be the one that transported the letter.

Questions:
1 - I could find that the vap. Marie-Antoinette and also vap. Mongibello departed from Marseille on 19.2.1859 to Naples. Don’t know which kind of boats were these, likely merchant? Do you have any other information that could disclose how the transport was made?

2 - Do you know this VIA DI MARE mark and where might have been applied? Is this a Pontificio mark?



Merci encore une fois

I just found some information about vap. MONGIBELLO on the text Itinéraire d'Italie, ou, Description des voyages aux principales villes d'Italie By Giuseppe Vallardi, 1844
Enterprise des Bateaux à vapeur siciliens: ERCOLANO, MONGIBELO, MARIE CHRISTINE, FRANÇOIS
De Marseille pour Génes les 9,19,29 de chaque mois.

Hello,

the arrival mark has been applied at Rome (two types : big and smaller letters, from Sassone Annullamenti) : 



The Maria-Antonietta was first a toscan, then a Sardinian ship on the line Marseille - Gênes - Livourne - Civita Vecchia - Naples (A. Arseni, Storia della navigazione a vapore, vol. 2)

Laurent.

Thank you very much Laurent. So, likely, the letter was transported by Marie-Antoinette? Does that book have arrival dates for Civita Vecchia?

the letter was transported by Marie-Antoinette?

The only way to determinate the right ship which transport your letter (Mongibello or Maria-Antonietta) is to have access to the pontifical newspapers of this time and to find the arrival dates of each one. Unfortunately the Italian press archives are not available on the web.

A. Arseni (he published 3 volumes) studied the period 1818 - 1850.

L.

Mare Nostrum a écrit:

the letter was transported by Marie-Antoinette?

The only way to determinate the right ship which transport your letter (Mongibello or Maria-Antonietta) is to have access to the pontifical newspapers of this time and to find the arrival dates of each one. Unfortunately the Italian press archives are not available on the web.

A. Arseni (he published 3 volumes) studied the period 1818 - 1850.

L.

Thank you once again Laurent.