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Details
cover 1856 (21 Apr.) blue Officer's envelope to London, bearing G.B. Small Crown, Perf. 16 1d. strip of six (creases) cancelled with London numeral "4" obliterators, lifted to reveal manuscript "From H.M.S. Cornwallis -- Bermuda" and with manuscript "R.E. Bermuda. Ap 21st/56" at lower left corner, showing h.s. "S Y" on face and marked, on reverse, "Left at Mr Davies Surgeon of No 2 Mile End Road and Returned not for him. B.G. Pardy" and further "Not Known in the Bow delivery near Mile End. N. Larche". Photo
Provenance
Sir Henry Tucker, 1978