Iraq: 1898, Baghdad to Edinburgh, envelope franked by pair of Turkey 1892-98 20 pi tied by circular Ottoman Post Bagdad Turquie 29.12. Manuscript directive “Via Beirut”; on reverse is Edinburgh arrival 26.1 1899. Sent by the Ottoman Post camel mail route that opened in 1881; from Beirut by the bi-weekly Messageries Maritime ship to Constantinople and onwards to Edinburgh. Very fine.
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