£3,000
1820-31 Entire letters (4) and an entire, comprising 1820 letter from the orientalist H.H Wilson at Benares to the traveller and writer James Baillie Fraser at Calcutta with oval "BENARES / POSTAGE PAID" (Hammond Giles 1, manuscript date, "Benares" underinked and incomplete); 1825 letter from Hugh Fraser at Delhi to his brother William at Camp Jehasimpore and redirected to Dryrah with boxed "DELHI / Pt FREE" (HG 2, rare with only one recorded example, "Delhi" underinked); and 1826-31 letters (2) and an entire from India to J.B Fraser in Scotland, two with boxed "INDIA LETTER / DEAL" and oval "MERUT / Pt Pd" (HG 3) or manuscript "From Hansi P. Office 24 May 31", the other posted in London. The Merut letter sent by George Fraser contains a good account of a tiger hunt on elephants. (5).
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