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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 259

India 1897 (9 Dec.) envelope (faults) from Richmond, Surrey to Drummer Beckwith of the 1st. Battalion Gordon Highlanders who were part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, franked with 1d. lilac cancelled with "D21" duplex and showing, on reverse, "peshawar/base office" c.d.s. (6.1) where all mail for soldiers serving in the North West Frontier campaigns was sorted; unusual Estimate £ 100-120

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