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cover 1857 (27 Mar.) envelope (paper adhesions on reverse) addressed to Mrs Bissell (wife of Rev. P.W. Bissell, Chaplain to the Field Force) at Mahableshwar, Bombay, bearing East India ½a. blue cancelled by "131" in diamond of bars, tied by ring "stamped" and arrival c.d.s in red and showing a fine strike of the "FIELD FORCE/PERSIA/MA 27 57/PD" c.d.s. in red. A rare use of a perforated adhesive during this campaign. Photo
cover 1857 (27 Mar.) envelope (paper adhesions on reverse) addressed to Mrs Bissell (wife of Rev. P.W. Bissell, Chaplain to the Field Force) at Mahableshwar, Bombay, bearing East India ½a. blue cancelled by "131" in diamond of bars, tied by ring "stamped" and arrival c.d.s in red and showing a fine strike of the "FIELD FORCE/PERSIA/MA 27 57/PD" c.d.s. in red. A rare use of a perforated adhesive during this campaign. Photo

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cover 1857 (27 Mar.) envelope (paper adhesions on reverse) addressed to Mrs Bissell (wife of Rev. P.W. Bissell, Chaplain to the Field Force) at Mahableshwar, Bombay, bearing East India ½a. blue cancelled by "131" in diamond of bars, tied by ring "stamped" and arrival c.d.s in red and showing a fine strike of the "FIELD FORCE/PERSIA/MA 27 57/PD" c.d.s. in red. A rare use of a perforated adhesive during this campaign. Photo