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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 129

Burma 1859 (Dec.) envelope "From No. 3631 Pt. Jonas Bell 68th. L.I." at Rangoon to his brother in England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing G.B. 1d. "Stars" cancelled "B/156", showing framed "india paid" h.s. and, on reverse, "rangoon/ship letter/paid" boxed d.s. Calcutta (8.12) and Leeds (22.1) c.d.s., and 1862 (22 Jan.) envelope from Private Bell´s brother at Leeds to him at Rangoon, bearing 1d. "Stars" cancelled with Leeds duplex and showing London, Calcutta and Rangoon c.d.s. on reverse; the first a little soiled, nevertheless a wonderful pair with the former being a remarkable usage of a Great Britain adhesive in Burma. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 Note: British G.P.O. Notice of 4 June 1859 confirmed that under the usual conditions "Letters sent by soldiers.... may be forwarded for payment of a British rate of 1d., to any part beyond the sea with which there is direct communication by British Packets and letters addressed to a soldier... brought to the United Kingdom by a British Packet without passing through a foreign country are, in like manner, subject to no higher charge than 1d. if pre-paid" provenance: Gerald Davis

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