cover 1879 (5 Feb.) envelope to Sussex "via Brindisi" bearing ½a. (12, some creasing), cancelled by "JUMROOD P.O./L" duplex and endorsed  "No other stamps in the place - owing I presume to this cruel war" in manuscript. An unusual franking posted on the Khyber route from Peshawar. Photo
cover 1879 (5 Feb.) envelope to Sussex "via Brindisi" bearing ½a. (12, some creasing), cancelled by "JUMROOD P.O./L" duplex and endorsed "No other stamps in the place - owing I presume to this cruel war" in manuscript. An unusual franking posted on the Khyber route from Peshawar. Photo

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cover 1879 (5 Feb.) envelope to Sussex "via Brindisi" bearing ½a. (12, some creasing), cancelled by "JUMROOD P.O./L" duplex and endorsed "No other stamps in the place - owing I presume to this cruel war" in manuscript. An unusual franking posted on the Khyber route from Peshawar. Photo