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** CUPAR FIFE (SCOTLAND) - LETTER TO PAROLE P.O.W. WITH "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR"; 16 Mar. 1809 E (full typed transcript; sealed with wafer with some creasing and a closed tear across address and marks) from ?Spain to "M. Boucquin, French Prisoner of War, Cupar, Fife [Scotland]" charged "1/1" (1s-1d inland rate from London; 3 Feb. cds backstamp and faint red m/s "Not paid" on front) with a partly fine double-oval London "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" (crossed by neatly closed tear at right) nicely placed on the front beside the Edinburgh 6 Feb. transit cds. The contents are a list of supplies, employees and patients in the "Hopitaux de Charrier". Very rare; the only recorded Cupar POW cover. [Not recorded in MFPWE.]Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, FRANCE
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