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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 4

Aden
1849 (18 July) letter from a sergeant of the Bombay European Light Infantry Second Regiment, destined in Camp Aden to the father of a company soldier who died on the front explaining that no will had been made but instructing the father to attend East India House to claim his sons property, pencil inscription at foot of the letter presumably by an administrative officer from East India House, signature of the commander of the regiment on the face to be duly completed as military mail, then rated "2" in black indicating a double rate. Photo

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£600