Los-Nr. 6088

TURKISH EMPIRE (LEBANON) - UNITED STATES: 1865, cover from Beirut to Washington D.C., franked with Austrian Levante 1864, 10 so. blue and 4 copies 15 so. brown, tied by single circle "BERUTTI 23/11"; adjacent red crayon "50" soldi foreign postage corresponding to red "AACHEN paid 23 cts", and red "N. YORK AM. PKT. PAID 1865 24 DEC.". 10 so. slightly damaged at top, where affixed over the edge of the cover and few shortish perfs, otherwise very fine with usual slight transportation marks. A scarce early cover from the Levante to the United States.