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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 17

Cape of Good Hope 1848 (July?) entire "From Private Richard Herbert, 2670 of C. Company, 1st. Battalion, 6th. R.W. Regiment" from Simons Town to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing oval-framed "general post office/Crown/cape town" h.s. and "2 charge h.s. (the ship´s Captains gratuity on letters received by private ship), three transit c.d.s. (16-17.9) on reverse. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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