Los 2788
1865, Government Post : Entire letter to Cairo cancelled by "Poste Vice-Reali Egiziane / Mansura" datestamp in black with manuscript "2" (piastres) paid in red crayon, reverse with "Poste Vice-Reali Egiziane / Cairo" arrival datestamp in blue. A fine example of the short-lived system operating after the closure of the Posta Europea and the issue of adhesives on 1st January 1866.
