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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 408

(x) Burma
Military Mail
Garrison Mail
1859 (Dec.) envelope headed "From No. 3631 Pt. Jonas Bell 68th L.I." to his brother in Leeds, countersigned by Commanding Officer and bearing GB 1d. "stars" cancelled by "B/156" obliterator, showing framed "india paid" h.s. and, on reverse, "rangoon/ship letter/paid" boxed d.s., Calcutta (8.12) and arrival (22.1) datestamps; and 1862 (22 Jan.) envelope from Private Bell's brother in Leeds to him in Rangoon, bearing 1d. "stars" cancelled by Leeds duplex and showing London, Calcutta and Rangoon datestamps on reverse; the first a little soiled, nevertheless a wonderful pair with the former being a remarkable usage of a Great Britain stamp in Burma

Note: British G.P.O. Notice of 4 June 1859 confirmed that under the usual conditions "Letters sent by soldiers...may be forwarded for payment of a British rate of 1d., to any part beyond the sea with which there is direct communication by British Packets and letters addressed to a soldier...brought to the United Kingdom by a British Packet without passing through a foreign country are, in like manner, subject no higher charge than the 1d. if prepaid"

provenance:
Gerald Davis, March 1990
Gerald Sattin, June 2008

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£3200