Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Lebanon Foreign Post Offices 1860/1917: Collection with fine engraved map of Syria (1824), French PO covers/entires from Sidon (Saida) and Beirut incl. unusual 1860 cover from Beirut to Aleppo rated '20' décimes, 1864/68 Saida to Marseille entires rated '6', '12' and '16' décimes, pages of off cover classic France cancelled petit or gross chiffres, 1869 and 1870 covers at 40 c. and 60 c. rates tied '5082' gros chiffres, 18723 cover from Paris to Damascus at 1 fr. 60 c. rate readdresssed to Vienna with "UNBEHOBEN-UNBESTELLBAR / RETOUR" oval and back to Paris; 1876 cover with 1871/75 30 c. to Lyon, 1898 Naval concessionary cover, 1904 Ottoman PO taxed card, British PO 2½ d. mauve on 1§876 cover tied "G06" to USA, 1881 GB 2½ d. blue pl. 18 and pl. 23 on covers, German PO covers/cards, Russian 4 k. green card used from Beirut, 1908 20 pa. on 4 k. red card with Ropit / Beirut cds in blue etc. A fine and interesting lot (40 covers/cards + 58 loose).