cover 1879 (16 Dec.) long, five page letter written in ink from General Gordon to "H. Ex. Geigler Packar, Kabul & Kartoum", from Massawa in Eritrea. This long and important letter records Gordon's meeting with King Hohn of Abyssinia at Debra Tabor. The long blue, stampless envelope has a vertical crease at right, a faint seal handstamp on face and indistinct Egyptian backstamp; fine and scarce. Photo