Egypt

Quality: ✉

1852 complete pre-philatelic folded letter written in Italian and sent from Alexandria to Cairo, addressed to Théodore Abu Karim, "Apostolic Vicar of the Coptic Church" (in fact Patriarch of the Coptic Church, as it was already known at that time), bearing "DIREZIONE DELLA POSTA EUROPEA ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO" dated oval postmark in black on the front, signed Gregory Todd, and overall rare cover to an illustrious addressee, vf