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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2261

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Iran
Bushire
Early Letters
1857 (Apr.) and 1859 (2) entire letters ex the Lieut. Shiffe correspondence to Bombay, each bearing ½a. cancelled "1" in diamond of bars on arrival, all with arrival datestamps and the two 1859 items with Bombay Ship Letter Bearing datestamps; the first with interesting comments on the sending of letters to him including "Please send up my letters & papers by any mail that leaves. Don't send them to the marine Office but post them & pay the postage - address care of the harbour master at Bushire - Brig "Euphrates

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HK$3,200