Auction #51

Rishon Le Zion Medalia’s Austrian Post registered letter receipt 1904 - bilingual Hebrew French, for a registered letter to Leon Rabinovitz in St. Petersbourg Russia, “No. 39” dated 16 II 04, charged 2 pi marked at bottom, at top right "Rishon L' Zion - Par Poste Autrichienne" cachet in Blue Grey (St. 708). Receipt signed by J.A. Medalia, at bottom right his Hebrew 2 lines cachet “Jacob Medalia founder & director of the Austrian Post Rishon”; vert. center fold o/w vf & Very Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni. See similar receipt in Steichele p. 430