Egypt

Quality: ✉

1844 pre-philatelic folded letter (complete) sent from Alexandria to Cairo and exhibiting a superb strike of the oval "POSTA EUROPEA IN ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO" in black on the front, the letter is dated inside May 2nd and the earliest recorded date for this postmark is April 4th, thus making this a very early cover, signed Gregory Todd, scarce, vf