1pi Ottoman stationary letter card canc. "HANIA*17.SEP.98", arr. "TEMBRIDGE WELLS*22.SP.98". Text in English states "Still quite peacefull here. All the Cristians have shut their shops and cleaned out of Canea as they dont want to put themshelves in the war...". Very fine and scarce. An eye witnesss view on what was happening at that time.