Ref: DR12488
- £1550.00
French Levant. (French Military Occupation Of Rouad Island). 1917. Registered envelope addressed to Alexandria bearing Ile Rouad Yvert 7, 5c green, Yvert 9, 15c vermilion and Yvert 10, 20c brown-lilac tied by 'Ile Rouad/Postes Francais' ddate stamp with boxed m/s 'R/No 61/Ile Rouad' hand-stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' label and oval 'Ouvert/ Par l' Autorite Militaire/952' censor cachet Port Said and Alexandria arrival and circular 'Ministere de la Guere/Controle Post Port-Said' censor with triangular 'Passed by Censor/No 3147' in red. Superb and rare commercial mail from the French Occupation with Provisional registered hand-stamp.
