Lot 1050
1050
cover GREENOCK: 1829 and 1836 entire letters from India, both rated "1/6" (the latter re-addressed on arrival and added "8"), showing good light strikes of framed "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LR." (In.1) and "INDIA LETTER/GREENOCK" (In.2), in black, respectively, both with Scottish Additional "½" marks, the first item with good light strike of the black circular "RAJPOOTANA/PT. PAID" across join on reverse; fine. Both with full transcripts, the first being a long and interesting letter with references to a local uprising "encamped at a place called Jeypore (where a Native Prince and one or two of his intriguing companions are going to be strung up.)"

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cover GREENOCK: 1829 and 1836 entire letters from India, both rated "1/6" (the latter re-addressed on arrival and added "8"), showing good light strikes of framed "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LR." (In.1) and "INDIA LETTER/GREENOCK" (In.2), in black, respectively, both with Scottish Additional "½" marks, the first item with good light strike of the black circular "RAJPOOTANA/PT. PAID" across join on reverse; fine. Both with full transcripts, the first being a long and interesting letter with references to a local uprising "encamped at a place called Jeypore (where a Native Prince and one or two of his intriguing companions are going to be strung up.)"