Lot 20023 – 1850 (8.3) Soldiers rate cover from Port Louis to England, bearing black ‘MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE’ cds alongside scarce ‘SOLDIERS & SEAMENS LETTER/4/BY SHIP’
Lot 20023 – 1850 (8.3) Soldiers rate cover from Port Louis to England, bearing black ‘MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE’ cds alongside scarce ‘SOLDIERS & SEAMENS LETTER/4/BY SHIP’
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Price realised
550 GBP
Estimate
200 – 300 GBP
Auction date
mar. 30 juin 2020 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850 (8.3) Soldiers rate cover from Port Louis to Suffolk, England, bearing black ‘MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE’ cds alongside scarce ‘SOLDIERS & SEAMENS LETTER/4/BY SHIP’, fine and scarceRate: 2d for the ship Captains gratuity and 1d for the British Inland Soldiers letter rate, and an additional 1d fine
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