- £350.00
French Levant. (Lebanon - French West Africa). 1943. Envelope addressed to Kankan, Guinee Francaise bearing Grand Liban 'Air Mail' Yvert 69, 5p green tied by Bekfaya date stamp stamp '3rd Jan' with circular Free French 'C.P./ 4' cachet in violet, endorsed 'via Francaise', routed via Egypt and Nigeria with bilingual 'M/2/ Censorship' and hand-stamp '81' and '29' in violet (Egypt censor) with Nigeria triangular censorship and 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Afrique/ Equatoriale Francaise' censor cachet on face with 'A. 7' in red and transits of the Belgian Congo 'Elisabethville '12/3' and Leopoldville '29/3' on reverse with Kankan/ Guinee Francaise receiver and French Africa censor tape. Very scarce routing through Africa and wonderful item of destination mail.
