£420
** EARLY "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" COVER TO G.B. FROM GAMBIA's MILITARY COMMANDER; 18 Sept. 1843 EL (internal heading folds for display beside address-panel) from "[Major] F.N. Cobbe" (Commander of the Troops in Gambia; see following lot) at "Bathurst, Gambia" to Ireland charged "8[d]" with a very fine boxed step-type "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front, having a London 7 Nov. transit cds on the top flap; interesting family letter about life in Gambia, the threat of fever, and the writer's hope of being appointed the next Lt. Governor. Exhibition Item.Cross References: GAMBIA, SHIP LETTERS, KENT, MILITARY
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