Lot 1690

✉ EGIPTO. 1868. ALEXANDRIA. MESSAGERIES IMPÉRIALES. Letter from ZAGAZIG to MARSEILLE overpaid the inland rate for Alexandria with a 3 piasters franking tied by POSTE VICE-REALI-ZAGASIK 21 FEB 68. The 3 p. rate, instead of 1 p. intended including the registration fee but, in any case in Alexandria was not added any franking and the French Post Office delivered it, unpaid for sea carriage, where on arrival was noted 6 decimes tax to be paid by the recipient.