Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Russian P.O. in Alexandria 1872ca: Envelope from Alexandria to the metropolitan archbishop of Jerusalem, bearing 1872 1 kop. brown and 5 kop. blue, perf. 14½ : 15 on horizontally laid paper, tied by rhomboid '785' numeral of Alexandria in blue, matching "PORT ALEKSANDRIYA" despatch cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 256) in blue on reverse. The 5 kopeck adhesive defective, nevertheless an appealing cover, cert. BPA (2002).