£180 - £260
1885-92 SUAKIN CAMPAIGN: 20 Jun. 1886 (very early usage) Indian "Soldiers & Sailors Envelope" embossed 9 pies surcharged 1 anna sent to Pay Havildar Golab Singh, A Coy. 21st Punjab Infantry, Sialkot, Punjab, from a member of the same regiment attached to the Field Force at Fort Tokar. Env. is cancelled by "No.1/FIELD P.O" barred "B"duplex dated 1 Jul. 1896. Bombay & Sialkot c.d.s. on reverse. An Indian garrison occupied Suakin from Jun. to Dec. 1896, to release Egyptian & Sudanese forces for the Dongola campaign. Attractive and scarce. Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, INDIA
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