Lot 1306
1840 entire letter to Newmarket franked by...




Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5933
Auction: 26 July 2022 at 01:00 BST
£3,800
Description
1840 entire letter to Newmarket franked by 1d grey-black Plate 1a (OK), tied by brownish red MC, sent from London to Newmarket with a superb London Chief Office Evening duty cds for MY.7.1840. Interesting contents concern the transport of new troops to Bombay for the East India Company, presumably as reinforcements for the troops that were stationed at Cabul following the first stage of the 1st Afghan war. A wonderful early "May Date" cover, very rarely seen so fine. BPA Certificate (2007) SG 3




