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Lot# 1261 - 210-212 Auction

  • Lot# : 1261 Palestine

    French Post Offices 1844/1912c.: Collection of Postal Paper - including letters (without envelopes) from the French Consul in Jerusalem in 1844, letter in English written from Jerusalem in May 1855 (the writer nearly killed for entering a Mosque), an 1858 letter from French Agency in Jaffa, a listing of the 8 letters sent from the Jerusalem Agency on November 1861, Jaffa Agency 'Procés Verbal d'Installation' for the French P.O. in Jaffa in 1875 with circular handstamp 'Vice Consulat de France A Jaffa' in blue inside; Consular Letter from 1879 ex Jerusalem, 1891 letter from Jaffa with circular POSTE FRANCAISE / JAFFA / SYRIE cachet in black; a wonderful complete comparative listing of all sales of stamps / letters / parcels etc. from the French P.O. between 1902 and 1903; together with printed table of Postal Rates for 1908. Condition varies but an exceptionally scarce group.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF