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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 388

(x) Burma
Military Mail
Second Burmese War, 1852-54
1852 (Mar.) - 1853 (Mar.) four Officer's letters all from Lt. R.H. Montgomerie to James L. Gordon at Brechin; the first from Cawnpore, the second and third from Prome, and the last from Paduang, all routed via Marseilles and/or Southampton and variously rated. The fascinating contents include reference to a force assembling at Bassein and "demolishing whatever prevents resistance, and finishing off razing to the ground the town of Rangoon", the annexation of Pegu and other incidents of battle. A wonderful group for the military historian

provenance:
Gerald Davis, March 1990

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£1600