ROYAL MARINE SOLDIERS' 1d CONCESSION RATE COVERS EX DEVON/HO...

Hammer

£140

ROYAL MARINE SOLDIERS' 1d CONCESSION RATE COVERS EX DEVON/HOBB'S POINT, ETC.; Feb. 1806 & Mar. 1839 ELs (latter with some reinforced faults/edge wear) to Dudley/London ex ordinary rank Royal Marines on HMS 'Princess' or 'Windsor Castle'; the first to a girl-friend ref. the perils of the sea etc., the other (typed transcript) ref. a recent collision with a collier ship; plus Sept., 1839 EL with the same scarce "HOBB'S POINT" cds and Pembroke Dock "No.1" RH mark [illustrated in RM, p.33], 1801 ex HMS 'Edgar' "off Ushant" (blockading the French Fleet), 1820 printed Act ref. RM pay, and 1806 part printed cert. of service on "HMS Victory" for a Marine who left the famous ship just before Trafalgar. (6 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, DEVON, CRASH/WRECK MAIL