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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 32

Egypt The Army of Occupation 1882 (Dec.) envelope "From 205 Pt. William Goundry, 2nd Bt. D.C.L.I., Ramleh" to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing 20pa. blue cancelled with Alexandria duplex (30.12) in transit, London arrival c.d.s. (8.1) on reverse; the envelope toned and battered though a rare concessionary rate franking Estimate £ 150-200 Note: Illustrated in "Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and Sudan" by John Firebrace, page 72 provenance: John Firebrace, 2001

Sold for
£120