cover 3c Dull Red (11), margins to slightly in, tied by large Boston "Paid" in grid cancel, red "Boston Mass. 24 Jun" c.d.s. on 1857 blue tissue-paper folded letter to Tolland, Conn. headed Beirut, (Lebanon) May 19, 1857, origin confirmed by "Beirut/May 25, 1857" Consular (?) straight line h.s., red "Forwarded by, J.M. Gordon, Treasurer, A.B.C.I.M. Boston" oval forwarder's h.s. on reverse, stamp has small faults, otherwise very fine, with 1990 Holcombe certificate, more than likely an incoming missionary letter, carried by favor from Lebanon to Boston where it actually entered the mails, a great incoming cover from a very rare origin photo