£1,200
GIBRALTAR - "TO/PAY" MARK ON INGOING CONCESSION RATE COVER FROM LAHORE; 1847 EL (minor wear; typed transcript) sent from "Lahore" headed & countersigned for a Private with a partly fine red oval "LAHORE/FREE" ds (closed tear) on the top flap, most exceptionally addressed to a Captain in "Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Europe" and routed via Bombay (v. fine red oval "INDIA") and London (red transit backstamp and v. fine black Handstruck "2" (on the front); on arrival in Gibraltar the P.O. also applied the boxed Gibraltar "TO/PAY" mark on the front. Extremely rare destination for a Concession Rate cover from India! Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, FREES
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