G.B. - 5d-RATE COVERS TO RANGOON (WITH RARE "REDIRECTED") OR...

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£160

G.B. - 5d-RATE COVERS TO RANGOON (WITH RARE "REDIRECTED") OR TO "STATION HOSPITAL, THAYETMYO"; 25 Oct. 1880 env. to 89th Regiment in Rangoon with GB 2½d Blue (pl.19; 2) tied by fine "LINLITHGOW" Duplexes but redirected to Bangalore with varied backstamps inc. v. fine small boxed Rangoon "REDIRECTED" (Proud 131; only recorded for this one date) and 3 different Rangoon cds's (inc. one "C.R.H." type); plus 15 May 1885 env. (minor wear; slight toning) from London to "Army Medical Staff, Station Hospital, Thayetmyo, B. Burmah" with GB 5d Dull Green tied by fine St. John's Wood Duplex; the latter to the forces gathering in the prelude to the 3rd Burma War. (2 covers)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS