Auction #25

Lebanon Austrian Office, cover sent from Tripoli in the first period of opening the post office of Austrian Lloyd in Tripoli. Franked for 1P with 1P/25H (Michel n. 34A), the stamp was partially cancelled by the linear seal "TRIPOLI" of Austrian Lloyd origin. Routed with Austrian steamer to Beirut, here it was taken over by the local Austrian post, regularly canceled on 25/1/1901 and re-embarked to his destination in Italy, where he arrived on 1 February 1901. Two or three covers recorded. B. Longo photoexpertise. USED AS EXAMPLE IN THE CEDAR CATALOG on Page 28.