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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 125

Burma 1854 (4 July) small entire letter "From Private John Kemp No. 2218 No. 1 Company 1st. Madras Fusiliers" at Tongnoo to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing framed "india" h.s. and "2" charge mark on face, the reverse, which opens well for display, shows a superb strike of the "rangoon/ship letter/free" circular h.s. in scarlet, partially overlapped by Calcutta Ship Letter d.s. and London transit c.d.s. (25.9); small corner fault on face panel though an attractive and rare cover written on garrison duty shortly after the 2nd. Burmese War. Photo Estimate £ 600-700 provenance: Gerald Davis, 1990

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