LEVANT: 1902 social usage of attractive PPC with Dual Currency 10h/20pa tied by 'JERUSALEM/OESTERREICHISCHE POST' cds, to NSW with Port Said & Colombo transits, on arrival forwarded to Victoria with NSW Arms 1d tied by very fine 'PARRAMATTA/NSW - 2 ' duplex, minor blemishes. Rare mail from Palestine to Australia]
LEVANT: 1908 commercial cover with 'AM KYRIAZOPOULO/Andrinople' merchant's cachet, to Victoria with 10pa & 30pa tied by very fine 'ADRIANOPEL/OESTERREICHISCHE POST' cds, Alexandria & Suez transits & unusually fine 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO JE 23 1908' machine b/s, light horizontal bend well clear of the adhesives & datestamps. [Adrianopel, today Edirne, is in the NW of the European portion of Turkey, formerly known as Thrace]
