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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 118

Afghanistan 2nd. Afghan War, 1878-81 1880 (10 Mar.) 1a. brown stationery envelope, uprated with 8p. mauve, "From No. 231 Pte. W Lord "E" Co 2/60th. Rifles Via Brindisi" to Ireland, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and neatly cancelled with diamond of bars, the 8p. value additionally dated "10/4/80" in manuscript, the reverse (one flap opened out for display) with "candhar", Bombay (23.3) and arrival c.d.s. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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£350