India
Lot 2649 India
Description
POSTAL HISTORY: 1879 Second Afghan War usage of East India ½a Envelope to "Colonel Stirling/Royal Horse Artillery/F[rontier] Exped Force/Koorum Column" with largely very fine 'MURREE/DEC 2 - 3 ' duplex & very fine '2 DELY/KOHAT/DEC 3' arrival b/s, small repaired fault at the top. [Both towns are in the Punjab. The objective of the Koorum Column was to cross the Khyber Pass and threaten Kabul]
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Lot 2649 India
Description
POSTAL HISTORY: 1879 Second Afghan War usage of East India ½a Envelope to "Colonel Stirling/Royal Horse Artillery/F[rontier] Exped Force/Koorum Column" with largely very fine 'MURREE/DEC 2 - 3 ' duplex & very fine '2 DELY/KOHAT/DEC 3' arrival b/s, small repaired fault at the top. [Both towns are in the Punjab. The objective of the Koorum Column was to cross the Khyber Pass and threaten Kabul]
