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ROYAL NAVY MAILS - DOUBLE RATE LETTER FROM LONDON TO HMS HYACINTH, CHILE VIA PANAMA: 28 July 1886 env. (edge wear and short tear at top clear of adhesives) addressed to Lieut. R. Nelson Ommanney, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Hyacinth, Pacific Station franked QV 6d. green (SG. 194) and two 1d. lilac tied by London numeral duplex. The rate to South America for a ½oz letter was 4d. this letter being charged at the double rate. [Ex Geoff Osborn] [Illustrated in Naval Officers Letters p.128.]. Cross Reference: CHILE, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
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