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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 122

Burma 1842 (17 Jan.) entire letter "From Sub Overseer W. Crawshaw, Comst. Dept. Moulmein" to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing partially fine London "soldiers &seamens letter/4/by ship" circular h.s. (In. Sol. 7) and superb Derby arrival c.d.s. (26.6), the reverse with the finest of the three recorded examples of the "moulmein/ship letter/free" c.d.s. c.d.s. in red which opens well for display; trivial edge faults though an attractive early cover from the province of Tenasserim. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: The Burmese province of Tenasserim was ceded to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Yandaboo, signed by the Burmese in February 1826, which ended the 1st. Burmese War. Moulmein was the only post office in Tenasserim until 1854 and was administered by Bengal

Sold for
£1,800