1854, stampless envelope without contents sent from Mosul with manuscript directive "Steamer/Mosul" at lower left and BOSTON/18 APR/5 cts arrival postmark. Reverse side bears manuscript dating "April 22nd '54". Written by the US missionary Dwight W. Marsh. The envelope was carried by river steamer along the Tigris River, after which it was transported by camel service to Beirut via Damascus through the Syrian Desert (postal route opened by the British in 1843 between Beirut and Baghdad).
This is the earliest recorded transatlantic mail cover from Iraq of which only two are known.
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