** CHESTERFIELD (DERBYSHIRE) - UNPAID COVER EX PAROLE P.O.W....

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** CHESTERFIELD (DERBYSHIRE) - UNPAID COVER EX PAROLE P.O.W. TO TIVERTON PAROLE P.O.W.; Fine 9(?) Mar. 1805 EL from POW "Dalizman" [?] on parole (probably in Chesterfield which is mentioned in the letter and also a later annotation) to his fellow-POW "Lieut. Col. Maurin, Tiverton" charged "9[d]" though routed via London with mainly very fine oval "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" on the front and transit cds (8 Mar.; the day before the date in the letter) on the flap. The contents concern various mutual POW friends and mentions the Transport Office. Very rare inter-POW mail within Britain. [Not recorded in MFPWE.]Cross Reference: DERBYSHIRE, DEVON, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY

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2nd Mar 22 at 11am GMT

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