This is a very rare, brown, 20-Paras, Egyptian postal stationery card(outside of two, partial hinge remnants on the back, in great condition!) mailed on or before February 18, 1883! The sender started to write his message on the card while in the British territory of Aden(It's written in cursive Greek at the top of the message!), (present-day Yemen). The card was then mailed on board a paquebot transiting the Red Sea, OR was first mailed upon the sender arriving in Alexandria, Egypt. From there, the mail was sent on to Baghdad, Iraq, Ottoman Empire! The sender and addressee were both Greek, and seemed to have some kind of business relationship(possibly related to Persian rugs from what my online translator gave me!). The message is in cursive Greek, too!
To continue, after leaving Alexandria(a nice strike!), Egypt, on February 18, 1883, the card went through Suez(a good strike), Egypt, on the 19th, before being put on a British paquebot(2/20/83; a neat strike w/upside down date!) headed to Beirut, Syria, Ottoman Empire. After reaching Beirut, the mail was then forwarded to Damascus, Syria, Ottoman Empire, before finally arriving at the British Indian Post Office in Baghdad(an awesome, rare receiving cancel!!) on March 25, 1883!
Lastly, I tried to find some items similar to this one in past auctions, etc., and couldn't find anything like it! I have been collecting stamps, post cards, and covers for 43 years or so, and cannot recall having seen anything quite like this item in all that time, either! this postal stationery card had quite the journey around the Middle East!