By: Historama
lot # 50393 - Philately > Baghdad overland mail
Westbound mail: 21 OCT 1931 cv ex BAGHDAD to J'LEM, franked 3 Anna per period letter rate for "overland" service & Ar. m/s endorsed "From Baghdad to Jerusalem", using vert pair 1½ A & tied by strike of local pmk; b/s 24 OC 31 HAIFA transit & next day J'LEM arr. (Sach-F3 Krag machine cancel); slit open at left.Transported by original route Baghdad - Ramadi - Ruthba - Damascus - Beirut, then rail to Haifa & transfer to J'lem. Overland mail to Palestine is scarce.
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