Lot no. 1801

20 Para yellow pair, third print surface coloured thick paper (miscut to left), tied by blue "Battal" (cancelled) in dots to folded envelope written 2.Recep 1281 (1865) and ms. arrival with pencil ‘1865’, from Beyrouth to Damascus, horizontal fold through the stamps, flaw repaired at left stamp, fine and scarce Syria and Lebanon forerunner and one of the latest used Tughra covers!