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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 195

India 1842 (14 Aug.) entire letter "From Private Richard Carter Regl. No. 880 2nd. E L I" at Bangalore to London and redirected locally, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing a fair strike of the "soldiers& seamens letter/4/by ship" circular h.s. (In. Sol. 7) and with manuscript "4" alongside, the reverse (part torn away) with despatch oval d.s., Madras Out Station Ship Letter oval d.s. (18.8) and London d.s. (6.1); minor faults with small parts of left edge of letter torn away Estimate £ 100-120

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£90