Entires addressed to Sigri. B. Tagliaferro e figli, in Malta

Abstract

Over the past twenty years, from time to time, several entires, addressed to Messrs Biagio Tagliaferro in Malta, have been appearing on the market, and are usually picked up by Postal History Collectors, especially those interested in Maritime Mail, and Postal Hand Stamps. So, I have often been asked, especially by our overseas members, who was Biagio Tagliaferro? Biagio Tagliaferro was born in 1774 in Genoa. He had come to Malta around 1804 together with his brother Francesco, who had became the longest serving Russian Imperial Consul in Malta, from 1836 till his death in 1878. [excerpt]