Keywords: British PO Alexandria 1850.jpg en Letter mailed 8 November 1850 at the British post office in Alexandria Egypt In those days postage was still often paid by the recipient but in this case it was paid by the sender On arrival at Edinburg on 26 November it was therefore stamped Paid Indications on the back show that the letter was carried on the steamer Ripon which called at Malta and at Gibraltar before arriving at Southampton 2014-10-11 12 29 47 Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions 2006 http //grosvenorauctions com cluster cwcs co uk/dyn_pages/prices_realised_specificsale php Sale_no 31 Letter mailed in 1850 other versions PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Foreign post offices in the Ottoman Empire |