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Auction: 23021 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 14

Abyssinian Field Force
1868 (8 Apr.) stampless "Abyssinian Letter" to Bristol "Via Marseilles" and marked, "D.N. Strong Lieut,/Coms detachment/1st Bengal Lancers" with manuscript "10" charge mark, the reverse with a good strike of the "field force post office/abyssinia" c.d.s. (15.4) in black with the similar "F.F." duplex (16.4), London and Bristol (4.5) c.d.s.; with the original letter from Camp Antalo to his mother which includes the following, "I have only just arrived here to take command of the cavalry but today I have recd an order to escort treasure by double marches to Magdala ... I have to ride behind wretched overladen mules 30 miles a day and they go about 2 miles and hour." and includes "Stamps are not procurable here, so you will have to pay for this but not extra, as this is an Abyssinian letter". An important letter from this campaign. R.P.S. Certificate (2019). Photo

provenance:
Nachum Kaplan, September 2011

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1400