Auction #35

Italy colony, Italy-Ethiopian war, cover sent to Beirut Lebanon on 10/5/1936 from relative based in "Addis Abeba Ethiopie" using the military post office UNRECORDED* "POSTA MILITARE N. 55 EMISSIONE B" canceling franking of 1,75L composed by 75ct rose-carmine and 1L dark-blue Eritrean stamps (Sassone n 200 and 209). Handwritted "PAR AVION" cancelled and sent by surface via Port Taufiq (1/Ju/26). Arrive on 2/6/1936. * By Le poste militari italiane in Africa, Sorani Editore 1978. VERY RARE MILITARY POSTMARK USED ON COVER ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN.