Austrian P.O.'s in Beirut 1908 (Feb 8): Fraudulent usage of a stamp
on Registered Envelope to Washington, DC, bearing on reverse
Austrian P.O.'s in Beirut 1908 (Feb 8): Fraudulent usage of a stamp
on Registered Envelope to Washington, DC, bearing on reverse single
example of 1900 2 pi on 50 h grey blue, tied by "BEIRUT /
OESTERREICHISCHE POST" type K cds and by "WAHINGTON DC / REGISTERED
/ FEB 26 08" cds in purple, another "WASHINGTON REGISTERED" cds in
pink alongside. The 2 piaster adhesive clearly shows a cancellation
of Beirut dated "7 July 190." which attests its fraudulent reuse,
presumably by a postal clerk. Postal frauds in the Austrian office
are extremely rare only two covers known
