Ceres Siège de Paris 40 centimes tied by blue anchor cancel on folded letter (without content) from Constantinople with blue Ligne U Paq Fr. No.4 29 Nov 71 (steamer Ebro) to Marseille, reverse arrival cancel Marseille 6 dec 71, taxed with 6 and 10 and blue boxed affranchisement insufficient and red paquebots de la mediterannée. From 1 July 1869 there was a special rate of 40 centimes for letters from the Levant to France, in Marseille both taxes were striked out