Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

French Post Office in Alexandretta 1871 (Oct 4): Lettersheet to Marseille bearing Napoléon laureated, two horizontal pairs of 30 c. brown in combination franking with Siège 10 c. bistre in a horizontal strip of four, the adhesives cancelled / tied by '5079‘ numeral of Alexandretta, matching cogwheel „ALEXANDRETTE SYRIE“ cds as well as framed PD in black and „PAQUEBOTS DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE“ in red alongside. Reverse with BEYROUTH transit and MARSEILLE arrival (Oct 17) cds‘s. Exceptional combination franking to pay the double Levant rate.