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In 1907: Hague Peace Convention; first Cubist exhibition in Paris; Ziegfeld Follies introduced;

Baden-Powell leads first Scout camp; maiden voyages of RMS Lusitania and Mauretania.

At the RPSL: The Royal Philatelic Society, London was incorporated on lst March 1907, a

momentous day for the Society. Fellowships introduced. Reference Collection established.

RPSL President was H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Membership stood at 242.

CARD FROM THE WALLED JEWISH QUARTER -

TETOUAN MELLAH, IN MOROCCO

From t he collection of Larry Gardner.

M ember since 2010. Lives in United States of America.

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A Mellah was a walled Jewish Quarter of a city in Morocco. It was initially developed to protect the

Jews from attacks by Arabs in the city. The postcard shown is from the French foreign post office in

the Tetouan Mellah. The opening date is not known but is surmised to be 1907. To date this is the

only known cover or postcard known used from this post office. The cancel shown is time coded

14.30 hours. Of the few cancels seen on piece or loose stamps, the time code seems to have been

done away with and replaced by an * somewhere between 1908 and 1913.