cover 1900 (6 Sept.) Turkish U.P.U. picture postcard to Paris via Port Said (13.9) bearing Peace and Commerce 5c., cancelled by "JERUSALEM/PALESTINE" c.d.s (6.9), smudgy but with another very good strike adjacent as well as Jaffa transit c.d.s. (10.9). Highly appealing, and according to our records the earliest and possibly first day of use for the French P.O. in Jerusalem, which opened on 3 September 1900. Photo.

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cover 1900 (6 Sept.) Turkish U.P.U. picture postcard to Paris via Port Said (13.9) bearing Peace and Commerce 5c., cancelled by "JERUSALEM/PALESTINE" c.d.s (6.9), smudgy but with another very good strike adjacent as well as Jaffa transit c.d.s. (10.9). Highly appealing, and according to our records the earliest and possibly first day of use for the French P.O. in Jerusalem, which opened on 3 September 1900. Photo.

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