1655/1872, extraordinary exhibit on 26 album pages, comprising 29 covers/letters, e.g. Franciscan Convent envelope Jerusalem to Madrid in 1655, probably the earliest known letter from Jerusalem, few other early convent, church, patriarchate and monk letters including incoming mail, the earliest recorded internal letter from Jerusalem to Sayda in 1707, a Mont Zion letter to Rome in 1737, important Venice correspondance letters, pre-adhesive period cholera desinfection letters, private and monk courier letters, a scarce arabic courier letter from Jaffa to Jerusalem in 1824, good destinations to Spain, Constantinopoli and USA in early period, diplomatic courier mail between consulates in Palestine and Egypt, Admirality Royal post from Genova to Jerusalem in 1849, Mail from Jerusalem through British Post in Alexandria to Edinburgh in 1842, early British Consulate correspondance in 1838, British franked incoming mail 1858, early mail via Beyrouth etc.
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