Lot 64

1897 (August 28), Istanbul to Beirut, multiple re-directed postal card, 20pa dull claret stationery card, posted from Istanbul to Beirut, forwarded to Port Said, Aden, and Bombay, returned after being struck with Bombay D.L.O. (18 Oct) Dead Letter Office c.d.s., multiple instructional handstamps including “Inconnu / Not Known” and “Reexpedie”, a total of nineteen postal markings in addition to multiple manuscript notations in English, Arabic, and Turkish, including “not known, try camp” from Aden, etc., usual flaws for such well-traveled mail, but an exceptional and striking usage. (H&G 8)