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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 401

(x) Burma
Military Mail
Pacification
1887 (6 Mar.) envelope (with letter) ex the Sandbach correspondence to Wales, bearing ½a. and 1a. (4, two with stained perfs) cancelled by "r" in circle of bars (Type K1; latest recorded date) and showing, on reverse, Minboo (Type D2; latest recorded date), Rangoon, Bombay and arrival datestamps; the contents of letter, headed "Shwaygoun Nr. Minbu", include "I marched here from Koutha Nr. Poung".

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£550