Levant Forerunner, Lebanon. Venetian mail written in "Berut" on "9 luyo 1512" and sent to "Hillustrissimo et generoso Jmarco Fanni & compagno Merlino Tripoli" (Illustrious and generous Jean Marc Fanni & Merlino company Tripoli). Fascinating and rare letter of five hundred years old.
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Lot #52 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant Forerunner, Syria. Letter sent from Jacob Ribero Henriquez & figli in Aleppo, dated 8/8/1738 and 28/9/1738, to Nicolo Caragiani in Venezia. The commercial letter, written in Italian with Spanish assonances, arrived in Venezia on 26/2/1739 four months after. CHARMING AND RARE VENETIAN LETTER SENT TO EUROPE.
Lot #53 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant Forerunner, Syria. Purchase receipt written in Alep on 29/3/1790 by Guerin & C. and sent in France as evidenced by the disinfection slits. IMPORTANT DATE FOR THE FRANCE AND MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY, NICE AND RARE DOCUMENT.
Lot #54 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant Forerunner, Lebanon. Sardinian Consular mail, sent from Alexandria on 24/3/1837 to Beirut, under Muhammad Ali, Khedive of Egypt. In arrive at the "Quarantine" of Beirut, the letter was subjected to disinfection by two piercing vertical slits. Important witness of the operating Lazzaretto in Beirut, installed by Ibrahim Pasha in 1834, as the primary apparatus of sanitary prevention for the entire Syrian coast. Even now, the area is...
Lot #55 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant Forerunner, Lebanon. Delicius small letter closed by string and red wax, written in Arabic on 19/3/1850 in Amchit, near Djoubeil, and addressd to Dear El Qamar. IN THOSE TIMES THE YOUNG OTTOMAN POSTAL SYSTEM NEEDED THE MOUNTAINS OF CHOUF IN LEBANON, CERTAINLY UNUSUAL AND RARE.
Lot #56 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant, Syria. Incoming unfranked letter sent from London on 21 March 1861 addressed to Aleppo via the forwarder Belfonte in Alexandretta (back oval seal). In arrive was applied the blue seal on two line "POSTE FRANCAISE D'ALEP". RARE FORWARDED LETTER.
Lot #57 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant, Mesopotamia. "Overland mail" letter sent by Overland mail from Mardin, Mesopotamia (now in Turkey) on 21 May 1861 via Halep to Alexandrette via French postal service and from Alexandrette on 10 June to Lyon via Marseille by French steamer. Arriving on 24 June was delivered to the Faith's President in Lyon. It was written by Father Nicolas de Barcelona, thanking for the credit's letters of 7200 french francs received for start an...
Lot #58 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant Syria. Ottoman and French offices, part of envelop sent from the ottoman post office in Alep on 15/2/1872 to Marseille via the French post office of Alexandrette where was morefranked with a 80ct stamp "Napoleon" cancelled with a 5079 diamont dots on 16/2/1872. Transit in Smirne on 20/2/1872. Signed A. Diena. Damaged but RARE MIXED FRANKATUR ENVELOP.
Lot #59 - LEBANON FORERUNNERS & LEVANT MAIL
Levant, Greece. Important censured letter departing from Rhodes on 4 December 1916 to St. German En Laye, France. Exceptionally franked with a stamp of the French Levant overprinted "1 PIASTRE 1". The French post office of Rhodes, an island in Aegean Sea at the time occupied by the Italians, was the only one in the whole of the French post offices still open during the war. Reminding us that with the entry into the war of Turkey the French...
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