PORTUGAL British Military Concession

Covers and stamps / Portugal

PORTUGAL British Military Concession British Military Concession Cover, Portugal: 1839 (March): Outer letter sheet to London endorsed from George Stevens on the HMS Donegal in Lisbon and countersigned by Lieut. Duthy. Endorsed 1 (d) for the military concession and with London cancels front and back, at bottom left very fine strike of the rare Crowned PORTUGAL British Military Concession British Military Concession Cover, Portugal: 1839 (March): Outer letter sheet to London endorsed from George Stevens on the HMS Donegal in Lisbon and countersigned by Lieut. Duthy. Endorsed 1 (d) for the military concession and with London cancels front and back, at bottom left very fine strike of the rare Crowned

British Military Concession Cover, Portugal: 1839 (March): Outer letter sheet to London endorsed from George Stevens on the HMS Donegal in Lisbon and countersigned by Lieut. Duthy. Endorsed '1' (d) for the military concession and with London cancels front and back, at bottom left very fine strike of the rare Crowned "To be delivered Free" handstamp in red indicating no London local charges due. Fine Exhibition item. Note: The H.M.S. Donegal landed Portuguese Seaman taken from the slaver 'Diligente' insead of prosecuting them for slave trading, as agreed by the Foreign Office. Provenance: Cavendish Jan 2004 sale for £1,700.

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