1842 MAIL LONDON TO TRIEST (AUSTRIA), POSTAGE PREPAID. Fine entire letter from Portman Square, London July 26 1842 to ' William Elphinstone Malcolm Esq, The care of F. Falkuner of Trieste' with postage paid '1/7' ¼-½oz rate via France, on front London 'PAID' date stamp 26 JY 1842 and 'CALAIS' date stamp 28 JUIL 42. Interesting letter, the writer makes reference to the death of the addressee's uncle, a William George Keith Elphinstone, commander of the British force that was massacred in the retreat from Kabul January 1842.
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