MHOW/MADRAS - SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATES - "INDIA SOLDIERS/3...

Hammer

£500

MHOW/MADRAS - SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATES - "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" + "MHOW/FREE", ETC.; 1837 EL (long letter with the sender's will) headed & countersigned for an Artillery Trooper in "Mhow Bengal" to Liverpool with a mainly fine large encircled "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" (filing fold) on the front and a fair scarce small boxed "MHOW/FREE" (ms date) on the flap. Plus 1844 EL from "Madras" to Suffolk headed & countersigned for a Private having a partial red oval "MADRAS/FREE" ds (stained) on the reverse but also having a fine red oval Bombay "INDIA" and London handstruck "2[d]" charge-mark on the front. Good pair showing the change of rates in 1840. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, FREES