red integral rate datestamp and matching pointing hand "Paid" on folded letter to "Rev. Eli Smith, Beirut, Syria", endorsed "Care of Rev. R. Anderson, D.D., Mis'y House Pemb(erton) Sq., Boston", carried outside the mails to Beirut, disinfection slits for cholera on front and back, very fine and rare, Reverend Eli Smith was a lifelong missionary best known for translating the Bible into Arabic