Lot 1544
OVERSEAS MAIL: 1869 enveloep addressed to...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5919
Auction: 6 October 2020 at 01:00 BST
£220
Description
OVERSEAS MAIL: 1869 enveloep addressed to "The Honble. Captain Cochrane, H.M. Ship Peterel, Cape of Good Hope" bearing 6d bright violet tied by a superb Derry "172" duplex for FE.22.1869. Fine. Note: Admiral Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane, the youngest son of the infamous Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, started his career commanding a gunboat "Chub" in the Crimean war before transferring to HMS "Peterel" on anti slavery patrol in the West Africa squadron"
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