Auction #41

OVERLAND MAIL: Rare: 1928 (24 Feb.) Hotel Continental - Beyrouth illustrated cv mailed to Hotel Maude - Baghdad frank Repub. Libanaise ovpts 4.50p + 7.50p tied by Beyrouth pmk + boxed "Visitez la Syrie et la Liban", endorsed "Per Trans Desert Route" - Red perf label OVERLAND MAIL (Collins L-4) + the Very Rare circ. cachet: NAIRN EASTERN TRANSPORT COMPANY LTD/BAGHDAD - publicity handstp Collins PH-3 (3 cvs recorded from Lebanon & 2 from Syria) signed Gerald Nairn alongside - the cv is illustrated in "The Overland Mail..." by N.J. Collins, Z. Alexander & N. Gladstone p. 104 fig. 85; v. light horiz. fold o/w a vf showpiece