CRIMEAN WAR - BALACLAVA COVERS WITH LARGE "POST-OFFICE/BRITI...

Hammer

£240

CRIMEAN WAR - BALACLAVA COVERS WITH LARGE "POST-OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" CDSs - UNPAID OR WITH 1d REDS; 27 Apr./5 Sept. 1855 pair of ELs to Stirling ex "Balaclava"/"Camp Kamara" (nr. Balaclava) in the Crimean peninsula each with mainly very fine large black "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" cds's on the top flap; the first with GB 1d Red 'Stars' Strip of Three tied by London triple "48" transit Numeral, the other unpaid with m/s "3" charge. Ex 93rd/72nd Regiments ref. poor tartan to be returned or ref. the death of Quartermaster McDonald "at the taking of Sevastopol". Fine pair. [Latter see WB p.156.] (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, 1854-65 1d REDS