PAID & UNPAID 1d MILITARY CONCESSION RATES; Trio with Dec. 1...

Hammer

£150

PAID & UNPAID 1d MILITARY CONCESSION RATES; Trio with Dec. 1855 env. to Glasgow from J.B.Carmichael Seaman/On Board H M Ship Rodney Malta with Commanding Officer's endorsement below. Franked 1d red pair with London cancels i.e. the unpaid rate as British stamps were unavailable in Malta at this time and a double rate applied to mail not transmitted by the PO, Mar. 1860 env. to Cardiff franked 1d tied by A25 duplex headed From John Smith on board Her M.S/Neptune Malta with Commanding Officer's endorsement below and 13 Nov. 1861 env. (flap repaired, with enclosure written by Seaman Thomas Demsey six days earlier at Athens) to London and franked by GB 1d red tied by Malta duplex, countersigned by Lieut. Day for the 1d military concession rate. (3 covers) Cross Reference: GREECE, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, NAVAL MAIL