Sale No: 844
Lot No: 295
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BRITISH OCCUPATION OF RANGOON - OFFICER'S "INGERAM/POST PAID" Ship Letter" TO G.B.; 5 Jan. 1825 EL from Lieut. W. Gossip (killed later that year in an attack by the Burmese) in "Rangoon" (where the British forces had finally repulsed the Burmese Army on 15 December, partly thanks to the use of Congreve Rockets) to Yorkshire (redirected from Wetherby to Bridlington) with mainly fine & rare boxed "INGERAM/POST NOT PAID", framed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" and "TADCASTER/186" mileage mark . The front endorsed 'Ship Letter' and with double-oval "OUT STATION/MADRAS/SHIP LETTER" transit d.s. Contents ref. We came here with 600 and odd bayonets and of the half are fit to march we shall have been the most fortunate corps here - the 13th Lt, Infantry came here something much stronger tha n ourselves and have 80 marching....Simmons is gone with 60 men up the river in the steamboat to reconnoitre some stockades. Good Campaign cover of exhibition quality. Cross Reference: INDIA, SHIP LETTERS, YORKSHIRE, MILITARY (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 296
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BRiTISH OCCUPATION OF PROME - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF BATTLES & ATTACK; 28 Apr. 1825 EL to England datelined at Prome with "MADRAS SHIP LETTER" and London d.s. on rear and "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" on front. Content by Lt William Gossip ref We arrived here yesterday after a long tedious march of two months and a half. Sir Archibald Campbell marched in with the Royal Division of the Army on the 25th without a shot being fired.....we shall have peace in a month. I think otherwise they would not have evacuated so string a position as this. The killing they got at Donnchew [?] I suspect is very strongly impressed upon their memory. They there lost their great & I believe only general.... Remarkable contemporary insight of the First Burmese War. Cross Reference: MILITARY, INDIA, SHIP LETTERS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 297
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SECOND BURMESE WAR; 18 Nov. 1852 env. (minor blemishes) to the Madras Artillery Field Force, Rangoon endorsed 'via Southampton' and 'via Calcutta' and 'p pd 1/-' with framed Aberdeen Paid d.s. and London transit cds on front and rear with "OLD ABERDEEN" UDC and Calcutta transit d.s. on rear and further endorsed 'Red Prome/25th Janry'. Note: The addressee Dr Colvin Smith later became surgeon to QV and KEVII. Cross Reference: MILITARY, INDIA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, ABERDEEN (Image)
Opening GBP 65.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 298
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PAID & UNPAID MARKS ON MAIL TO ENGLAND; July 1860 mourning env. (small faults) to England franked India QV 1a tied by fine "B/156" octagon with framed "INDIA UNPAID" (deleted) and framed "INDIA PAID" h.s. on front. Rangoon, Calcutta and Epsom d.s. on front or rear. Unusual combination of marks. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, INDIA, MOURNING ENVELOPES (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 300
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INDIA USED TO BURMA ON MAIL TO GB; Trio with 1881 mourning env. to London franked 4a pair + ½a tied by grid and ms. cancels with framed "REGISTERED/RANGOON/N....W..../D...." h.s. also on rear and with "LONDON/REGISTERED" d.s. on front, 1882 env. to Liverpool franked QV 4a + ½a tied by rangoon duplexes and 1895 India QV ½a env. to Scotland cancelled by a "KINDAT" cds and uprated QV 1a + ½a (7) all tied or cancelled with "KINDAT" squared circles and unusual. thus. (3 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, INDIA, MOURNING ENVELOPES (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 150.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 301
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THIRD BURMESE WAR; Trio with 17 Nov. 1885 env. (with contents on Royal Artillery notepaper headed Steamer Ananda about 150 miles from Rangoon with content by Capt. Edward Burrows describing the towing of barges laden with artillery, 25 Nov. 1886 printed military concession env. '2nd Battalion The/S.W. Borderers- Tounghoo' to Cardiff franked India QV 9p with barred "R" (Rangoon) cancel and endorsed by Private John Roberts and countersigned by a Colonel and an 1886 printed Madras Railway Telegraph to the Commander in Chief; Lord Roberts of Kandahar. (3 items) Cross Reference: INDIA, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, MILITARY, INDIA (Image)
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 302
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CHIN FIELD FORCE MAIL WITH "BURMESE FIELD/No.2/SUB P.O." C.D.S. Rare commercial 4 Jan. 1889 India QV 4a6p env. (small closed tear at top) to Colchester cancelled by the very rare small "BURMESE FIELD/No.2/SUB P.O." cds - exceptional strike and the rear with a "1.2.IN" (Irrawaddy steamer TPO), Rangoon, Bombay and Colchester cds. Important Field Force item. Cross Reference: INDIA, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, MILITARY (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Jun-21-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 304
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KGVI MINT OFFICIALS & VARIETY PLUS INVERTED OVERPRINTS, ETC.: Mint group on stock card inc. Officials to 10r, SG O28-O40, 5r SG O52, 2r SG 31, SG 57/57a in pair with var. "birds over trees". Also, a group of 1947 used lower denominations with Interim Govt. overprint inverted. (c.27) (Image)
