NAPOLEONIC WARS AFTERMATH - RARE 1st-TYPE SMALLER "Chelsea P...

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£140

NAPOLEONIC WARS AFTERMATH - RARE 1st-TYPE SMALLER "Chelsea Pensioners/Pay-Office" ON FREE HANOVER COVER; 21 Mar. 1817 EL to Northeim with v. fine "HANNOVER" mark sent free with a very fine rare German usage of the smaller 1st-Type "Chelsea-Pensioners/Pay-Office" authorisation mark on the front (only a few recorded, all 31 Oct. 1816 to 27 Mar. 1817); plus 27 Mar. 1817 "Pro Memoria" partly printed letter to Osterode concerning Chelsea pensioners in Germany. (2 items)Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, GERMAN STATES, FREES