cover 1840-55 selection of entires and entire letters (12) incoming to Madeira including mail originating in Moscow (1843), Stockholm (1850), Frankfurt (1852), Norrköping (1851), New Orleans (1840), Hamburg (1849), Copenhagen (1854); various despatch, transit and arrival datestamps, instructional h.s. including several "ABATIDA" types, oval "LEY" tax marks, handstruck rate marks, etc. An interesting assembly