France (Offices in the Levant) 1874 2x 30c Ceres Cover Salonica Turkey to Italy
Folded cover, franked with two 30c Ceres, centrally-struck 5095 "Gros Chiffres" of Salonica, adjacent "Salonique / Turquie" c.d.s. (18 Nov), endorsed "Par Messageries", to Turin, Italy, with Messina transit (26 Nov) and Torino c.d.s. arrival backstamp (28 Nov), light filing folds, scarce and extremely attractive.
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France (Offices in the Levant) 1863 Ship Mail Cover Constantinople to Lyon
Folded letter, with contents, franked with 10c bistre and 40c orange Napoleon III, perforated, tied by dotted anchor cancellation, struck with black PD and red boxed "PAQUEBOTS / DE LA / MEDITERRANEE", postmarked Neva (19 Feb), to Lyon, with Marseille, Marseille a Lyon TPO, and Lyon (26 Feb) backstamps, piece trimmed from back outer sheet to remove wax seal, trivial filing fold, else fine and scarce.
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France (Offices in the Levant) 1870 Turkey Mixed Franking Cover Aleppo
Folded cover, without contents, franked on reverse with 1pi and 20pa Turkish adhesives, tied by Arabic cancel of Aleppo, postmarked with Aleppo (12 Sep) c.d.s., likely carried via camel caravan over the desert to the French Post Office at Alexandretta, where it was postmarked on 13 Oct and franked with 10c bistre and 30c brown 1863 Laureated Napoleon, cancelled with 5079 "Gros Chiffres" and carried onwards to Marseille via the paquebot "S/S Tanais", struck with boxed red "Paquebots / de la / Mediterranee", reverse with Smyrna (17 Oct) and Marseille (24 Oct) c.d.s. backstamps, light wrinkles at lower left, adhesives with some toned perfs, a scarce mixed franking and early use of the coast perforated 20pa Third Duloz issue; ex Cihangir.
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France (Offices in the Levant) 1873 Folded Cover Constantinople Smyrna
Folded letter, with contents datelined Constantinople, franked with 80c rose Ceres, bright color, tied by 5098 "Gros Chiffres", postmarked with black oval BM (Boite Mobile), Smyrna c.d.s. (19 Dec), red boxed "PD" and "Paquebots / de la / Mediterranée", to Marseille, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (24 Dec), light horizontal fold, small grease stain, else a fine entire and uncommon Boite Mobile usage from the Levant.
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France (Tunisia) 1868 40c Napoleon Folded Cover Tunis to Marseille
Folded cover, franked with 40c orange (oxidized), tied by neatly-struck 5107 "Gros Chiffres", postmarked with Tunis cogwheel (8 Aug), adjacent Tunis Par Bone / Algerie c.d.s. (9 Aug), to Marseille, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (14 Aug), a few small stains to front, filing fold, else fine and scarce.
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France 1801 ARMEE D’ITALIE Reggio Italy to Paris Stampless Cover
Stampless folded cover, docketed Reggio, 10 May, 1801, rated "7" in black manuscript, struck with black ARM. D'ITALIE straight-line, to Paris, reverse with circular "3" in black, light filing folds, a fine military cover sent two years prior to the first of the Napoleonic Wars.
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