£1,400
AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) - SOLDIER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER EX A PRIVATE IN BELLARY TO THIS RARE DESTINATION; Remarkable and attractive 3 June 1869 EL (typed transcript; slight flap/internal faults) from Bellary to "Port Phillip, Australia" headed & countersigned for a Private in the Rifles; endorsed "via Ordinary Mail" and "Soldier's Letter" as well with 8pi Lilac tied by a very fine "BELLARY/18" duplex and by the mainly fine red crescent-framed "INDIA PAID". The "BOMBAY" (8 June) and "MELBOURNE" (6 July) backstamps display nicely on the top flap. Soldiers' Concession Rate mail to Australia is rare. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, VICTORIA
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