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Auction: 16027 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2058

Great Britain
Crimean War
1855 (10 July), envelope, with enclosure to Bushmills, Co. Antrim, endorsed Via Marseilles, franked 1d. OD-OE horizontal pair and OF with London "18" in barred oval cancellations, on reverse "post office/british army" code B c.d.s. and a variety of transit and arrival markings; fine and uncreased. The contents, a four sided letter from Karikoi (a small village in the hills above Balaclava), discusses a soldier giving water to a wounded Russian, a fellow officer selling his commission, etc., fine and a delightful cover. Photo

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