1921 Cilicia Cover to Egypt Turkish PoW Camp

Code: B19371

Cilicia: 1921 (11 March). Cover from a Greek doctor addressed to the Inspectorate at the EEF HQ [Ottoman] prisoners of war camp in Abbassia, Egypt franked with OMF Cilicie surcharged on French stamps 2pi on 15c and 5pi on 40c tied by Tarsous datestamp. Reverse 12 March British Field Post Office (FPO), 13 March Mersine, 22 March Cairo transit and 23 May Indian Field Post Office 69 (used in Cairo Stationery Office) arrival cds’s. According to Proud latest recorded usage of FPO69 was on 23 May 1921. The latest usage of Indian FPO69 recorded. Repaired, missing corner on left and creased but still very scarce.

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