Lot no. 8003

1826: Anglo-Burmese War, entire letter written from Wells, Somerset (Jan 1) to a Lieutenant in the 1st European Madras Regiment care of Forwarding Agent's Arbuthnot & Co., struck with FROME / 115 mileage marking in black and front with London tombstone 'Paid' datestamp (Jan 26) alongside POST PAID SHIP LR. / LONDON in red (Jan 28). Reverse with oval MADRAS / GPO / SHIP LETTER datestamp (Hammond Giles fig. SD12) in black (June 27), oval MADRAS datestamp (June 29) in black (Hammond Giles fig. MX4) and forwarded on to Rangoon, Burma. Letter returned back to Madras with further strike of MADRAS / GPO / SHIP LETTER datestamp in black (Oct 21) and re-directed again to Masulipatam. A fine and rare entire, mail to Burma at this period is uncommon.