Ottoman Syria: 1900 (17 July). Commercial cover from Marseilles to Istanbul franked with 10c and tied by dispatch and 8 August Bechik-Tache (Besiktas, Istanbul) arrival cds’s. Cover forwarded to Damascus where franked with double rate of 2pi of 1892 coat of arms issue as postage due and tied by DAMAS bi-lingual 30 August arrival cds.
