Postage: 25 centimes. Black on pink on 3 letters addressed t - Lot 122

Postage: 25 centimes. Black on pink on 3 letters addressed to the famous photographer Paul NADAR during his trip to TURKESTAN in 1890, all written by his parents and postmarked DRAVEIL - SEINE-ET-OISE dated August 27, 1890, September 2, and September 17, 1890. The first is addressed to CONSTANTINOPLE and then forwarded to TIFLIS by the French Embassy, with a TREBIZONDE postmark on the reverse - ASIAN TURKEY, dated September 6, 1890, plus a Russian arrival stamp from TIFLIS. The second is addressed to BAKU, with a Russian arrival stamp on the reverse dated October 2. The third is addressed to SAMARKAND with a Russian arrival postmark dated October 18. The famous Parisian photographer departed from PARIS on the Orient Express, arriving in CONSTANTINOPLE on August 18, 1890. From the port of BATUM on the Black Sea, he traveled to BAKU in AZERBAIJAN, stopping in TIFLIS along the way. He crossed the Caspian Sea and traveled to SAMARKAND in UZBEKISTAN, then to TCHARDJOU in TURKMENISTAN. He brought back more than 1,000 photographs from this trip. Very good. R. Yvert No. 97 O