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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 198

India 1845 (8 Oct.) entire letter "From Thomas Cater Sergeant R Arty" at Demerara, British Guiana to Gunner J. Hyland, of the Madras European Veteran Company at St. Thomas´s Mount, Madras and forwarded to the General Hospital, marked "pd 1d." in magenta ink with London transit d.s. (20.12) alongside, the reverse with "demerara" double-arc d.s. (date unclear), two indistinct Free oval d.s. (one St. Thomas´ Mount), boxed "g.p.o." and "pm" h.s., all in red. Fine and the earliest recorded soldier´s letter from British Guiana. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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