Losnr. 1545 - 309.-320. Auktion
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Losnr. : 1545 Grossbritannien
British Forces in Bulgaria prior to the Crimean Campaign 1854 (July 25): Great Britain 1854 1 d. red-brown on blued perf. 16, a single example and a horizontal pair, used on entire letter from Truro to "Capt. C.L. Cocks of the Coldstream Guards, Alladyn, near Varna, Turkey", tied by "814" numeral obliterators in black with Truro cds (July 25) and London transit on reverse. Some imperfections to the thin paper entire, but a fresh and fine cover.rnrnNote: Cocks's correspondence is housed, on photocopy, in the Army Museum in London. There was no mail from him after 15 July 1854. The Coldstream Guards lost 329 Officers and men to sickness in 1854, a further 100 men were killed in action.rnrnAusruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft