Auction #22

Lebanon British office. Stationery cover of "ONE PENNY" uprated to 2½p by 1p and ½p stamps, sent from Beirut on 16/3/1894 to Liverpool. EXTREMELY RARE STATIONERY USED IN BEIRUT.

Lebanon British office. Registered stationery cover of QUEEN VICTORIA uprated with two EDWARD VII stamps, overprinted 40 and 80 paras for to pay a triple letter rate sent from Beirut on 3/10/1902 to COSTA RICA via Larnaca, Port Said, London, New York and New Orleans where was applied the USA's registration label for foreign mail in transit. San Jose arrived cancel apposed on 5 November 1902. IMPORTANT MIXED COVER FOR TRANSITS AND DESTINATION...

Lebanon British office. Post card of Baalbek (Sarrafian Ed) sent from Beirut on 10 February 1913 to Jaipur, INDIA. Franked for half penny stamp overprinted "LEVANT". SCARCE DESTINATION.

Lebanon British office. Collection of stamps used on the British Post Office of Beirut, including some rare stamps resulting scarce to find on the market. The stamps are classified by adopting the numbers of an old Stanley & Gibbons catalog. NICE AND RARE COLLECTION, FOR GOURMET.

Lebanon French office. Cover sent from Beirut on 28 Fevrier 1888 to Malta, franked for 1 Piastre by Yvert n 4 with the ¾ vertical of the overprint missing, killed by the double "Daguin" (Cedar cat. fig 45). Remarkable error caused by the presence of a foreign object in the upper part of the overprinting's area. VERY RARE, SPECTACULAR OCCASIONAL ERROR, NOT RECORDED BY ANY CATALOG.

Lebanon French office. Cover sent from Tripoli on 17/9/1904 to France. SCARCE.

Lebanon Russia office. Letter sent from Beirut to Lattaquie on 6/3/1867, franked for 2 Piastres by ROPiT stamp, network horizontal without frame of vertical lines (Michel n 4 II). Unusual that although affixed cancel "BEIRUT PORT", the stamp was canceled with "Rus. Obshch. Par. I Tor./Latakiisk Agentstvo" blue double ring with eagle in the center. RARE COMBINATION CANCELS.

Lebanon Russian office. Registered triple rate cover sent from Beirut on 10/6/1913 (23/6/1913 Gregorian calendar) to France via Alexandria (25/6/1913). Franked for 3½ Piastres. Cancel type H fig 75 Cedar cat.). RARE RATE.

Lebanon Ottoman office. Stationery pc of 20paras written in Douma by Dt. Antoun Accad on 26/6/1897 and sent to Surgical instruments factory in Paris. Because at the time there was no post office in Duma, the pc was sent from Batroun, attested by the UNRECORDED negative seal applied "BATROUN BOSTA CHUBESI". UNRECORDED POSTMARK.

Lebanon Ottoman office. Cover sent from Batroun on 30/7/1910 to USA via Beirut (Beyrouth#9 on the back). VERY FINE CANCEL.

Lebanon military mail. Post card "Beyrouth Le College Americain" (Ed Dimitri Tarazi), written and sent from the U.S.S. Montana landed on the harbor of Beirut on 8 May 1913, to USA. Franked for 1ct killed by the cds "U.S.S. MONTANA". SCARCE.

Lebanon military mail. F.F.L. Postal Form of a registered letter's receipt sent by Mr SORIANO, who is the author of Meharistes and Wings subjects used on the Levant stamps. On the receipt was affixed the right part of the register paper label n' 485 used on the letter sent from P.A.A. F.F. L. 1 on 1/6/1942 to Brazzaville. VERY RARE.