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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 221

India The Indian Mutiny, 1857-59 1858 (13 Aug.) 1a. purple-brown envelope "From Gunner John Bulling, No. 5407 3rd. Coy, 5th. Battn. Arty Soldiers Letter" at Cawnpore to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and with the stamp impression cancelled with diamond of thin bars and showing manuscript "1d", boxed "india paid" and two London Paid (8.10) c.d.s., despatch and Calcutta (15.8) c.d.s. on reverse; tear at left and somewhat crumpled though a scarce prepayment of postage prior to the compulsory prepayment of postage from 1 September 1858 Estimate £ 100-120

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