PRE-PHILATELIC MAIL: 1471 Acre to Venice - 1 page folded letter sent from Acri by Francesco Gambetta on 7 April 1471 to Nicholle Zustignoni in Venezia, endorsed to be taken by the ship of Captain Francesco Bonavia; vf (photo - Joseph Aron, The Holy Land - 3000 years of pre-philatelic Postal History p. 63)
PALESTINE FORERUNNERS
Catalogues:
The Ottoman Posts & Telegraph Offices in Palestine & Sinai – N.J. Collins & Steichele (listed St. PM or PM)
Steichele – "Ottoman Post" (listed w/double Numbers)
Steichele – "Handbook of Holy Land Philately" Vols. I + II – revised by N.J. Collins & L. Dickstein
Other Foreign Offices are lotted under the title of their
Countries in the Foreign Countries section:
Austria – #1/9
France – #13/14
Russia - #24/27