cover 1885 XU5 from Jaffa to France (30.9 arrival) via Port Said (21.9) and Alexandria (22.9) bearing Austrian Levant 10s., cancelled by "retta" and showing double-ringed "VICE CONSULAT DE FRANCE/RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇE/(A JAFFA)" cachet in red adjacent (with another strike on reverse). A fine and desirable example of Consular mail posted at sea. Photo.