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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2022

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
Early Letters Prior to the Postal Agencies
The Anglo-Persian Field Force
1857 (12 Sept.) envelope registered to the Naval Dubash at Bombay, showing superb "field force/pd/persia" c.d.s. in red and framed "registered/letter no" handstamp on face, the reverse bearing 1854 2a. green neatly cancelled "131" and with arrival c.d.s. below. Believed to be the sole item of registered mail from the campaign. Photo

Sold for
HK$110,000