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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 421

(x) Burma
Military Mail
Garrison Mail
1894 (29 Nov.) envelope (Prince of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment crest on reverse) to London, headed "From No. 4031 Pte. E. Bentley E Coy" at Shwebo, countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing 9p. neatly cancelled by "cantonment/shwebo" squared-circle d.s. (Type KD2) with Shwebo c.d.s. (Type D4; earliest recorded date) on reverse; the envelope with minor soiling

provenance:
Gerald Sattin, June 2008

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

Sold for
£110

Starting price
£100