1856 | INDIA TO GB

1856 GB to India | Entire Letter from Madras (1856 Jan) to London via Southampton. Delivery taken by forwarding agent M/s Twining & Co who paid the postage due of 1s and then struck a red 1d, perf 14, stamp and redirected it to the recipient’s address at Regent Street, London. Boxed Madras GPO handstamp (19 Jan), London datestamp (21 Feb), and duplex London cancel (21 Feb). Scarce item of redirected mail.

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