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[[stamp]] FEE STOP [[/stamp]]

[[stamp]] AGENCY AND CONSULATE GENE [[obscured]] OF THE UNITED STATE OF AMER [[obscured]] [[eagle logo center]] [[/stamp]]

(Form No. 140.)
CONSULAR CERTIFICATE. 

I, the undersigned, [[stamp]] AGENT AND CONSUL GENERAL, [[/stamp]] of the United States, do hereby certify that on this 23 day of January, A.D. 1907 the invoice described in the indorsement hereof was produced to me by the signer of the annexed declaration. 

I do further certify that I am satisfied that the person making the declaration hereto annexed is the person he represents himself to be, and that the actual market value or wholesale price of the merchandise described in the said invoice in the principal markets of the country at the time of exportation is correct and true, excepting as noted by me upon said invoice, or respecting which I shall make special communication to the proper authorities, I further certify 

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid. 
Received 51 PE, equal to $2.50 U.S. gold. 
Lewis Morris Iddings
[[stamp]] Agent and Consul General. [[/stamp]] of the United States.

(FORM No. 138.)

Declaration of Purchaser or Seller or Duly Authorized Agent of Either. 

I, the undersigned, do solemnly and truly declare that I am the purchaser of the merchandise in the within invoice mentioned and described; that the said invoice is, in all respects, correct and true, and was made at Cairo, whence said merchandise is to be exported to the United States; that said invoice contains a true and full statement of the time when, the place where, and the person from whom the same was purchased, and the actual cost thereof, price actually paid or to be paid therefor, and all charges thereon; that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in said invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in said invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that no different invoice of the merchandise mentioned in said invoice has been or will be furnished to anyone, and that the currency in which said invoice is made out is that which was actually paid or is to be paid for said merchandise, I further declare ...

I further declare that it is intended to make entry of said merchandise at the port of New York in the United States of America. 
Dated at Cairo this 21st day of January, 1907
[[stamp]] JOHN B. CAFFARI'S Forwarding Branch [[/stamp]]
[[? signature]] Manager

[[stamp]] DUPLICATE [[/stamp]]

PURCHASED BY IMPORTER. 
Invoice No. 19
Certified January 23, 1907
CONSULAR SERVICE, U.S.A., 
AT 
Cairo 
Date: 21/1/07, 190.
Seller:
Purchaser: Charles L. Freer.
Name of vessel:
Port of shipment: Alexandria
Port of arrival: New-York
Port of entry: Detroit 
Value: ₤75. -
Contents: Antiquities

CUSTOM-HOUSE INDORSEMENT.*
No.
Importer:
Vessel:
From:
Arrived:
Kind of Entry:
Marks, Quantity, and Contents:

*Consular officers will leave all of above indorsement blank. It is to be filled in only at the custom-house at the port of entry. 

Transcription Notes:
Left most signature missing middle and last name. Center signature - unsure. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-03-21 16:06:13