French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime / Italy incoming mail / Forwarding Agents / Odessa
1867 entire from Odessa with fine company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp at top, addressed to Palermo, sicily and carried on French ship with octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U No.3, framed Italian PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI handstamp, reverse with Messina transit and arrival date stamps.
£185
French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime
1868 (22 Avril) entire to France franked 1862 40c. tied by unclear lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.3 date stamp alongside, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille and arrival cancels.
£65
French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime
1868 (6 Mai) entire to Cette franked 1862 40c. tied by faint anchor lozenge, octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.1 date stamp, red framed Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranee, reverse with Marseille transit and arrival cds.
£75
French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime
1869 outer letter sheet to Marseille franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 40c. tied by blue ‘anchor’ lozenge with framed PD and octagonal Constantinople P.Fr.U No.4 date stamp in same ink, red framed PAQUEBOTS/ DE LA/ MEDITERRANEE, arrival backstamp.
£195
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / French Maritime
1870 entire to Marseille franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 40c. tied ‘anchor’ lozenge with Mersina maritimes date stamp to right, overstruck by red maritime cachet, framed PD towards base, arrival backstamp, bottom left shows company handstamp of Tarsous; fine and scarce.
£595
FRENCH LEVANT: (Lebanon)
Covers and stamps / Lebanon / French Levant / Maritime
1870 outer letter sheet annotated on inside flap as from AIN MACHERAH to LYON franked 4c. Laureated Napoleon tied '5082' large numeral lozenge with BEYROUTH cds below, framed 'PD' and framed red maritime handstamp; MARSEILLE entry and arrival backstamps.
£215
French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime
1872 (18 Dec) stampless entire to Lyon cancelled blue octagonal Constantinople P. Fr. U No.4 date stamp, Marseille transit and arrival cds; tear in backflap.
£65
French Levant
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / French Levant / French Maritime / Via Marseille
1872 (20 Juil) entire to Grenoble franked 1863-71 40c. tied ‘anchor’ lozenge with octagonal Constantinople P. Fr U. No. 2, red French maritime entry cds of Marseille, arrival backstamp.
£65
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / French Maritime / Salonica
1873 outer letter sheet to Livorno franked two 30c. ‘Ceres’ tied gros chiffres ‘5905’ with Salonique Turquie cds in association, framed PD at base and with straight-line ‘Col Postali Francesi’ handstamp, reverse with Napoli transit and arrival cds.
£145
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / Salonica
1879 outer letter sheet to Nantes franked ‘Sage’ 25c. tied by violet Salonique Turquie d’Europe cds, arrival backstamp; slight stain bottom left.
£65
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / Syria / Mourning
1891 (10 Nov) mourning cover to Bruxelles bearing single franking franked France Sage 25c. tied by Tripoli Syrie, reverse with Marseille transit and arrival cds.
£75
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1891 (4 Janv) envelope to Tauris, Persia franked ‘1 Piastre1’ on 25c. tied by two Trebizonde Turquie D’Asie cds, reverse with Russian Tiflis and Batum transits.
£55
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1895 (7 Mai) registered cover to Switzerland bearing single franking 4pi. on 1f. tied fine legible Cavalle Turquie cds with another strike alongside, reverse with Smyrne Turquie D'Asie and Const. Galata Turquie transits
£265
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1902 (28 Avril) cover to Marseille franked '1 Piastre 1' on 25c. tied Dardanelles Turquie cds, redirected on arrival to Annonay; some faults to backflap.
£55
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1902 (29 Avril) registered cover to Jaffa, Palestine franked 1pi. on 25c. and pair 2pi. on 50c. tied Samsoun Turquie cds, reverse with transits of Constantinople - Galata Poste Francaise, Smyrne Turquie D'Asie and Beyrouth Syrie. Reverse also bears fine scallop seal of Banque Imperiale Ottomane.
£145
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1902 registered cover to Jaffa, Palestine franked pair ‘1 Piastre 1’ on 25c. tied by Samsoun Turquie cds with a further very fine strike at right, reverse with transits of Constantinople Galata Turquie and Beyrouth Syrie, Jaffa arrival . Reverse also bears fine scallop seal of Banque Imperiale Ottomane.
£75
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / Advice of Receipt
1903 (4.11.) Avis de Reception formula to Marseille franked ‘Levant’ 10c. Mouchon tied by Constantinople Stamboul Poste Francaises; some minor splitting to form, unusual.
£95
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1904 (9 Aout) registered cover to Jaffa, Palestine franked pair ‘1 Piastre 1’ on 25c. tied by Samsoun Turquie cds with a further very fine strike alongside, reverse with transits of Constantinople Galata Turquie, Smyrne Turquie D'Asie and Alexandrie Egypte plus Jaffa arrival . Reverse also bears fine scallop seal of Banque Imperiale Ottomane.
£60
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / Postal Stationery
1908 (3 Mars) 10c Levant postal stationery card to Amsterdam cancelled by very fine blue Samsoun Turquie cds, arrival cds at base.
£65
French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant / Registered mail
1913 (24.6.) registered cover from Kerrasunde to Berlin franked on reverse ‘type Blanc’ 5c. irregular block of six and pair Mouchon 1pi. on 25c. pair tied broken circle Kerrasunde Turquie D’Asie cds, obverse with handstamped registration label, reverse with five wax seals and arrival cds, slightly reduced at side.