1918 (Nov 4): Cover from Aleppo to Beirut, bearing Aleppo
Provisional Issue Type 1, the handstamped Arab Seal indicating that
„The
1918 (Nov 4): Cover from Aleppo to Beirut, bearing Aleppo
Provisional Issue Type 1, the handstamped Arab Seal indicating that
„The prescribed fee has been paid“, struck on gummed paper, cut out
and used as adhesive, tied by bold HALEP 2 Nov 4 cds, alongside
Arabic military censor handstamp of Aleppo, reverse with DAMAS (Nov
24) partial "(BRITISH FIE)LD POST OFFICE (SZ 62)" and "ARMY POST
OFFICE SZ 29" (Dec 11, these both at Damascus), routed via Port
Said where it received both "PASSED BY CENSOR No. 10" and "PASSED
CENSOR 6" British censorship handstamps. Central vertical file fold
well away from the elusive adhesive, Kaczmarczyk & Unwin record
only four covers bearing this stamp, they had been in use only on
Nov 4 & 5, 1918, the first stamp of Syria. Provenance: Christoph
Gärtner sale 17 (March 2011), lot 4835
