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Auction: 8032 - Stamps & Covers of Asia
Lot: 586

x India Covers and Cancellations Military Mail 1867 (Dec.) soldier´s envelope to England, headed "From Private John Child, 4th Queens Own Hussars, India", countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing GB 1d. red cancelled "267" at Deolalee and showing, on reverse, various transit and arrival datestamps. A very rare usage of a British stamp to pre-pay the 1d. concessionary rate. R.P.S. Certificate (1963). Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: H.H. Frenkle, January 1977

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