Auction #22

Lebanon Russia office. Mixed frankatur on envelop from Aleppo to Beirut. Sent from the Ottoman post office of Aleppo on 12/3/1871, was franked for 60 paras by duloz stamps, killed by square "Alep", to pay the postal fees to Alexandrette. From there was charged to the Russian postal office of Alexandretta on 25/2/1871 (Julian calendar) and sent by R.O.P.i.T. to Beirut. In arrive the two Russian levant stamps were killed by the truncated pyramid of dots number 783 of Beirut (fig. 69 Cedar cat.). Stamps with slight folds, but a letter of good appearance. VERY RARE ONLY FEW MIXED COVERS RECORDED.