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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2014

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
Early Letters Prior to the Postal Agencies
The Euphrates Experimental Post Route
1837 (13 Apr.) entire (less side flaps) from Nusserrabad "By overland route-Dromerdari dawk to Beirut-by Steamer from Bombay" to London, slit for disinfection, variously rated and showing, on reverse, circular-framed Rajpoostan Post Paid handstamp, circular-framed "india/Packet Letter/paid." handstamp in red and London datestamps (12.7), the face panel with boxed "paquebots/de la meditteranee" (2), "british/foreign" and London Two Penny Post handstamps; a rare item from Col. Chesney's final despatch of mail. Also 1862 letter from Major-General Chesney to the British Ambassador in Vienna, Lord Blomfeld, requesting an audience with the Austrian Emperor. Photo

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HK$24,000