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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 6

Aden
1856 (10 Dec.) letter sent from Bombay to Aden on the steamer Ganges, franked with India 1854 4a. (2, one defective) and 1856 8a. carmine, all cancelled with the Bombay type 4 postmark with rhombus of twelve lines, marked with the scarce red dispatch of the British Packet Postage "bombay bpp paid" in a circle (Giles type SD10) and a circular black mark "bombay paid" (type 29), on arrival at Aden, the letter marked with the datestamp of Aden Camp (Pratt type D1); scarce. Photo

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650