SEMAAN BASSIL
Mail in the Levant BEIRUT a case study in the early age of steamship & globalization (1835/1914)
Cedarstamps publisher
The book examines Beirut, as a case study during Ottoman times when the emerging technologies of steam shipping and the modern postal system accelerated the flow of trade, knowledge, and travels. It focuses on histories such as emigration, tourism, missionaries, and early philatelic collectors, using covers, letters, postcards, illustrations, photographs, and archival materials.
