£360
LONDON/KURNAUL - RARE "SOLDIERS & SEAMANS LETTER/4/BY SHIP" WITH OVAL "FREE" EX KURNAUL; 16 Aug. 1841 EL (toned filing fold across address just clear of mark; minor reinforcing) headed & countersigned for a Buffs Private with a very fine strike of the rare unframed circular "SOLDIERS & SEAMANS LETTER/4/BY SHIP" 4d-rate mark (2d for the ship's Captain + 1d postage + 1d extra being unpaid), also having a faint red oval "KURNAUL[?]/FREE" ds on reverse overstruck by "CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER" ds. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, FREES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS
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