Auction #39

Jordan, air mail envelope sent from Jerusalem on 14/5/1959 to USA. Franked 40fls with pair of 20fls red corner of sheet with plate number 4169 (SG n 437). SCARCE PLATE NUMBER USED ON COVER.

Kuwait, two air mail covers with letters inside sent on 4/9/1958 and 7/1/1959 to Lebanon at Special Arab Countries rate each with 20np violet stamp (SG n 126). INTERESTING.

Kuwait, Registered air mail cover with letter inside sent from Safat to Lebanon on 30/9/1959 at normal DOUBLE air rate (zone 2 = 40np x 2) plus Reg. service (50np) for a total of 1,30 Rupee using three 10np brown-red and 1 Rupee brown-purple stamps (SG n 132 and 140). INTERESTING OLD CURRENCY STAMPS USE.

Kuwait, EXPRES red label using on air mail cover with letter inside sent from Kuwait to Lebanon on 28/6/1960 at EXPRESS air mail rate to zone 2 plus (Expr. 65np + 40np air) using strip of three 5np green, 10np brown-red and pair of 40np red and green stamps (SG n 131), 132 and 144). SCARCE EXPRESS SERVICE USING OLD CURRENCY STAMP.

Kuwait, 1959-1961 group of 8 air mail covers with letters inside sent from Kuwait to Lebanon. INTERESTING OLD CURRENCY STAMP USE.

Lebanon Austria Offices. Incoming mail cover from Townsend Harbor MA USA on 20/3/1880 addressed to Antioch via Torino-Bologna Brindisi Alexandria and Beirut on 20/4/1880. Franked 5ct using pair of 1ct blue and 3ct green (Scott 156 and 158). INTERESTING

Lebanon Austria Offices. Registered cover sent from Beirut on 2/11/1904 to Chemnitz Germany, violet seal "CHARGE" together registered yellow label "BEIRUT". Franked 2 Piastres using two 1P blue stamp (Michel n 45) arrived on 7/11/1904. NICE.

Lebanon Austrian office, two stamps mounted on pieces with the seal used in Beirut for uncancel stamps on mail in arrived from the Austrian post office of Alexandretta, Lattaquie or Tripoli. Recorded by Umberto Del Bianco in his book "Il Lloyd Austriaco e gli annulli marittimi dell'Austria - Ungheria" 2 volume pag 436. EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION, ALSO ON SIMPLE USED STAMPS.

Lebanon Russian Offices. Cover written on 4 July 1868 (handwritten in Arabic on the envelope) shipped from TRIPOLI to Ibrahim Naccache in ALEXANDRIA. Franked with 2 Piastre blue and rose ROPIT stamp with horizontal network and vertical lines shadow (Michel 4 I) killed by the "ТРИПОЛИ 4/7/68" black CDS (Tchil. fig 211, RRR on ROPiT stamps). The fast arrival attested by the Russian CDS "РОПиТ АЛЕКСАНДРИЯ" dated 8/7/1868 (Tchil. fig 256)...

Lebanon Russian offices. Envelope sent from Beirut on 11/3/1913 (corresponding to 22 March of Gregoryan calendar) to USA, franked for 40 para by two type of 20p/4k stamps. SCARCE MIXED FRANKING.

Ottoman period, French mail. Letter written in Tripoli on 27/2/1719 by French trader Isoard Le Camp affiliated with the Boyer company of Marseilles, recipient of the letter. Sent by the ship of Captain Sermet the letter was inserted without an address in the special box kept on the ship that would be delivered to the shipowner Boyer himself. A commercial letter with interesting notes on the ash of Syrian shrubs used in Marseille for the...

Lebanon Ottoman Offices. Forerunner folder with long letter written in Arab dated inside 18/10/1881 sent by private courier from Saghbin (West Bekaa) to Bekassin (Chouf). Example showing that the great postal development in Mount Lebanon began in the early 1900s. NICE AND SCARCE LETTER.