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Auction: 17026 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2014

Great Britain
Postal History
1855 (1 June) entire letter hand-written by C. G. Gordon to his father from the Crimea, postmarked british-army-post-office/ju 2/1855/b and London arrival (15.6) d.s., tear on reverse just extending to front, contents to his mother "June 1st 1855/My dear Mother/I have neglected to write last week and am afraid I cannot communicate much this week. The Sardines French and Turks have advanced into the plain of the Ichenaya driven in the Cossacks and encamped in the ground: the Turks lost at the Battle of Balaklava, this enables us to extend our Rides considerably over a beautiful country covered with thyme. I have been ordered to sketch it so that I have not much time. We hear vague rumours of great doings at Kertch and elsewhere, but you must receive more intelligence than we do. The French under their new general Pillissier have done some good work in front of the Quarantine Fort, where they have taken a long row of Rifle Pits and made them into a trench. We are on the eve of great events and are ready to open fire at any minute, however nothing is known yet! I must now conclude this very very short and stupid letter (with many thanks for your kind long letter) with best love to my Father, Augusta Helen Laura Fred./Your affectionate son/C G Gordon". Photo



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£220