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Lot# 5144 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 5144 France

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    1850: Entire letter with full contents from Pau to Rawalpindi in British India bearing two horizontal pairs of Cérès 25 c. blue, two fresh multiples with good to enormous margins, each stamp tied by light Petits Chiffres '2388' lozenge. The cover was endorsed "par Marseilles - Malte des Indes" and "via Bombay", with Pau despatch cds (Nov 6, 1852), framed PD in red and a BOMBAY transit handstamp (Dec .. 52) alongside. Reverse with Toulouse and Marseille transit cds's. A most attractive and fresh cover to a seldom seen destination Maury = € 4'000.rnrnNote: The cover was directed to a captain David Anderson at Her Majesty's 22nd regiment at Rawalpindi in the Punjab, although the letter is directed erroneously to Bengal. The sender was his brother, George Anderson. An interesting item after the end of the second Sikh War and the resulting annexation of the Punjab in 1849.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF