Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

1889: Postage Due 4 m. maroon and 2 pi. orange, used on printed cover from the "Bureau des Rebuts" in Alexandria to Cairo and cancelled there with arrival cds and multiple strikes of the framed "T" Tax marking in black. Originally addressed to Ghouria, Cairo but readdressed to Halfa for the "Speculateurs des Timbres-Poste" in that town with Wadi Halfa arrival on reverse. Faults to envelope as to be expected but a scarce and most unusual usage.rnProvenance: Ex collection Peter Smith.rnrn