Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

French Post Office in Jaffa 1896 (Feb 24): Double rate Registered Envelope from Jaffa to Nice, bearing a Sage 5 c. green, 10 c. black on lilac (4), and 15 c. blue (2), each adhesive tied by clear “JAFFA SYRIE” cds, rectangular framed "R" handstamp in black (Steichele 319) alongside, reverse with “PORT-SAID EGYPTE” transit and NICE arrival (March 4) cds's. Jaffa used from 1876 only this rectangular registration mark, a handstamp which was abandoned in France in 1873, opinion Brun (2000), cert. Nakri (2000).
Provenance: Collection Schüssler; collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 2181.