Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

French Post Office in Jerusalem 1857 (Sept): Entire letter from Jerusalem via Jaffa to Marseille, struck by linear handstamp “Jerusalem. .. Sept 1857” in small letters in blue green (Steichele fig 323 / Livnat no 3), decent “JAFFA SYRIE 17 SEPT 57” cogwheel cds in black alongside, reverse with “ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE” transit and MARSEILLE arrival cds’s (Sept 28) in black. Taxed upon arrival with ‘10’ décimes, a rare entire, cert. Muentz (1981).
Provenance: David Feldman sale (Nov 2004), lot 20181.