A lottery ticket managed by Mr G. Tubini of Galata, for the reconstruction of the Georgian Catholic Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Bomonti. The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Turkish: Notre Dame de Lourdes Gürcü Katolik Kilisesi is a historic Georgian-Catholic church in the district of Bomonti of the Istanbul district of Şişli.
Lottery ticket in 3 languages French, Greek and Ottoman, “LOTTERIE / POUR LA RECONSTRUCTION DE L’ EGLISE DE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES / DES PÈRES GÈORGIENS A FÈRIKEUY / Avec l’ autorisation du Gouvernement Imperial.”, “ ΛΑΧΕΙΟΝ /
ΠΡΟΣ ΑΝΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΗΣΙΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ / ΛΟΥΡΔΟΥ / ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΦΕΡΙΚΙΟΙ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ / Αδεία της Αυτοκρ. Κυβερνήσεως. ”, with blue negative hand
stamped ottoman cachet and hand stamped blue “CONG. GER. SERVI. IMM. CONCEP *1861*” (letter M in the centre). Excellent condition and rare.