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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 52

Natal 1881 (7 Apr.) blue envelope "From Pte. R.D. Lovely 6th Dragoons" to New Brunswick, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing "T" h.s. alongside "d1" due h.s. in deep blue (deleted), manuscript "10" and "10c" charge marks, both deleted and replaced with manuscript "20", all three in blue crayon, the reverse with very faint London ? c.d.s. in red, Canada ? transit c.d.s. (7.6) and recipient´s manuscript "From Africa April 7"; some creases and other small faults. A rare destination. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: The 6th. (Inniskilling) Dragoons reached Durban in the middle of February 1881. The regiment arrived at Newcastle on 16 March only to find that an armistice had been declared, which was eventually signed in August 1881

Sold for
£350