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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1855

India Used Abroad burma: 1826 thirteen page letter written by Lord Amherst, Governor-General of India at Barrackpore, to Sir A. Robinson, Chairman of the East India Company, concerning the conduct of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell during the First Burmese War; Lord Amherst extols the virtues of this officer and his conduct during the war and recommends that he should receive a pension. An interesting and unusual document relative the the war Estimate £ 120-150

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