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Auction: 14022 - Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal history
Lot: 927

(x) Great Britain
The Crimean War
Mail to the Crimea
1856 (12 April) stampless envelope to Ireland, rated "3" in manuscript and inscribed "O.B.M., XI Hussars, Crimea" at lower left, the reverse showing a good strike of the "post office/british army" datestamp type 2 (code B) for 12 April; minor perimeter faults and a short filing note on front at right but otherwise fine. Also1855 (28 Aug.) envelope to the 77th. Regt. Sanatorium Balaclava franked watermark Small Crown perf. 16 1d. pair and single, indistinctly cancelled and 1855 (1 Dec.) envelope addressed to Constantinople franked 1847-54 1/- green, cut square, faults, tied by London barred oval cancellation

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