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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 93

Transvaal 1878 (Dec.) envelope from Middelburg "To No. 1788 Pte. Robert Baily 80 Regiment General Dept. P.M. Burg Natal", bearing 1878 1d. brown-red cancelled with superb target "12", the reverse (flap damaged) with small part of despatch c.d.s. and G.P.O. Natal (9.1) arrival c.d.s. An unusual cover addressed to a soldier. Photo Estimate £ 400-500 Note: The recipient probably left the army soon after receiving this letter as letters written to him shortly after this date are all addressed to him as "Mr." provenance: John Robson, 1993

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