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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2017

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
Early Letters Prior to the Postal Agencies
The Ambassador's Mail
1848 (18 Jan.) mourning envelope (some splits at edges), complete with four page letter, from Edward Mann at Alderbury to his brother "Attaché to the British Embassy Tehran" and sent care of the Foreign Office in London, showing manuscript "1" for internal postage, despatch undated circle, Salisbury and London datestamps. Most unusual

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HK$2,600