India “PASSED BY CENSOR / QUETTA” rare oval crested censor in blue on 1919 “Field Service” cover to UK with “F.P.O. No. 373” on reverse

The Second Burmese war: 1854 (2 Sep) entire letter “From Lce Corpl Thomas Hart No 2161 No 3 Compy 1st European Bengal Fusiliers” at Thayetmyo, to Glasgow and countersigned by his Commanding Officer, showing h.s. “2” and, on reverse, various transit d.s. including “THAYETMYO/POST OFFICE” cds in red. An interesting letter from a postal worker with contents including “But then a gun just fired which announces the arrival of the mail…I am in the post office so I must put this aside and prepare to distribute those and papers” Provenance: ex Gerald Davis, Robson Lowe, March 1990