Lot# 7057 - Auction 321-332

British Levant, Combination franking of British and French adhesives, 1875: lettersheet franked with 1873/80, 2½ d. rosy-mauve, plate 1, lettered EC, tied by barred oval "G06" with adjacent "BRITISH POST OFFICE BEYROUT 7 OC 75" c.d.s., further affixed with 1871/76 80c. rose of France, tied by "5080" Gros Chiffres with adjacent "ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE 12 OCT. 75" c.d.s., to Lyon, with Alexandria (11 Oct), Marseille a Lyon, and Lyon (19 Oct) backstamps, central desinfection slit not affecting the franking, a fine entire, signed Alberto Diena. Cert. BPA (2020).