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September 13-14, 2017

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Lot #1035
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Italian Offices in the Holyland
1897 cover from the Italian Consulate in Jaffa to the Turkish court in Haifa, with consular seal for Jaffa on the front of the cover at left, with manuscript date indicating that it was used in 1897, possibly couriered to its destination, small part of the cover missing from back, creases and some toning, with 1999 Norman Collins "opinion" ("in my opinion this cover is of extreme rarity and genuine in every respect. It is the only internal consular cover from the Italian consulate seen by me for the Ottoman period")
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