Postal History and Covers - Military Mail

Postal History and Covers: Military Mail: A pre-stamp collection incl. 1699 entire letter to Coupar concerning John Murray (1659-1724) 1st Duke of Atholl, one time Lord High Commissioner of the Scottish Parliament, 1794 account for maintenance of the Regiment of Foot premises, 1808 Napoleonic Wars period letter (no cover) datelined “Camp near Messina”, 1809 entire letter to Dumfries with circular “PAID/at/EDINR” datestamp with content concerning the apprehension and imprisonment of an army deserter, 1815 entire letter to London from Lord Combermere containing an outline of the Duke of Wellington’s foot and requests for the production of a boot “rather larger would be better”, possibly the origin of the ‘Wellington’ boot, 1819 letter (no cover) signed by the Duke of York (1763-1827), also a few newspapers, clippings and Government Acts (George III and IV period), a few prints etc. Photo.