Egypt

Quality: ✉

1856 complete folded letter from Alexandria to Livorno, Italy (back then in Tuscany) sent via Briggs & Co. Forwarding Agents, with oval cachet "FORWARDED BY MESS.rs BRIGGS & Co." on the front at lower left in black, British rimless c.d.s. of Alexandria in blue on the back, as well as Marseille transit on the front, charged "18" (crazie) on arrival in Livorno, superb quality and very scarce, signed Gregory Todd, ex-Peter A. S. Smith collection and illustrated in his book (page 33), vf