PRESTAMP - 7 YEARS WAR LETTER TO "LAIGH COFFEE HOUSE", SALON...

PRESTAMP - 7 YEARS WAR LETTER TO "LAIGH COFFEE HOUSE", SALONICA COVER TO GIB. WITH "CARMEL" SHIP C.D.S, ETC.; 1762-1857 stampless covers inc. 20 Oct. 1762 EL (minor wear) from "Gibraltar" to "Laigh Coffee House, Edinburgh" carried by private means to "PORTS/MOUTH" (fair strike); with good contents ref. a lack of letters from England, a letter sent to his other brother with the "Expedition" to Cuba, news that a Siege is less likely and that "an immediate Peace is at present, with so much certainty, talked of...[that] it will make an alteration with the Troops of this Garrison...[we] will be in danger of being sent to take possession of Minorca"; plus 1826/34/47 trio to Italy/GB/Algeria, and 7 ingoing covers - ex Cadiz (1786+1854 ELs - latter to Gib. Postmaster), GB, France, Egypt (1857; blue British ALEXANDRIA cds), and Salonica (157 with v. fine 2-ring "CARMEL/*" steamer d.s.). Plus 1802 coloured map & c.1835 pair of prints. (11 covers + 3 map/prints)Cross Reference: MILITARY, COFFEE HOUSES, FRANCE, MARITIME MAIL