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Sierra LeoneMilitary Mail1892 (Mar.) soldier's envelope "By first mail" to Glasgow, marked "On ac
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Sierra Leone
Military Mail
1892 (Mar.) soldier's envelope "By first mail" to Glasgow, marked "On active service. No stamps available. S.E. Johns Capt.", bearing 1884-91 marginal 2½d. ultramarine added and cancelled "B31" at Freetown, Freetown c.d.s. (28.3) in red-brown tying the adhesive and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.4) at foot, Glasgow Sorting Tender (19.4) on reverse; the envelope (opened-out) with some creasing and soiling though a rare item of mail from the Tambi Expedition. S.G. 31. Photo
Note: Between 1890 and 1892 bands of native warriors raided Upper Sands, a district near the Lima/Susu border. The enemy's headquarters were in the stockaded town of Tambi. Two successful punitive expeditions were repulsed. A stronger force of 500 troops of the West Indian Regiment was despatched from Freetown and reached Tambi on 7 April. The town was captured and destroyed with few British casualties, though the enemy had 200 killed. (Proud)
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Military Mail
1892 (Mar.) soldier's envelope "By first mail" to Glasgow, marked "On active service. No stamps available. S.E. Johns Capt.", bearing 1884-91 marginal 2½d. ultramarine added and cancelled "B31" at Freetown, Freetown c.d.s. (28.3) in red-brown tying the adhesive and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.4) at foot, Glasgow Sorting Tender (19.4) on reverse; the envelope (opened-out) with some creasing and soiling though a rare item of mail from the Tambi Expedition. S.G. 31. Photo
Note: Between 1890 and 1892 bands of native warriors raided Upper Sands, a district near the Lima/Susu border. The enemy's headquarters were in the stockaded town of Tambi. Two successful punitive expeditions were repulsed. A stronger force of 500 troops of the West Indian Regiment was despatched from Freetown and reached Tambi on 7 April. The town was captured and destroyed with few British casualties, though the enemy had 200 killed. (Proud)
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Sierra Leone
Military Mail
1892 (Mar.) soldier's envelope "By first mail" to Glasgow, marked "On active service. No stamps available. S.E. Johns Capt.", bearing 1884-91 marginal 2½d. ultramarine added and cancelled "B31" at Freetown, Freetown c.d.s. (28.3) in red-brown tying the adhesive and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.4) at foot, Glasgow Sorting Tender (19.4) on reverse; the envelope (opened-out) with some creasing and soiling though a rare item of mail from the Tambi Expedition. S.G. 31. Photo
Note: Between 1890 and 1892 bands of native warriors raided Upper Sands, a district near the Lima/Susu border. The enemy's headquarters were in the stockaded town of Tambi. Two successful punitive expeditions were repulsed. A stronger force of 500 troops of the West Indian Regiment was despatched from Freetown and reached Tambi on 7 April. The town was captured and destroyed with few British casualties, though the enemy had 200 killed. (Proud)
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Military Mail
1892 (Mar.) soldier's envelope "By first mail" to Glasgow, marked "On active service. No stamps available. S.E. Johns Capt.", bearing 1884-91 marginal 2½d. ultramarine added and cancelled "B31" at Freetown, Freetown c.d.s. (28.3) in red-brown tying the adhesive and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.4) at foot, Glasgow Sorting Tender (19.4) on reverse; the envelope (opened-out) with some creasing and soiling though a rare item of mail from the Tambi Expedition. S.G. 31. Photo
Note: Between 1890 and 1892 bands of native warriors raided Upper Sands, a district near the Lima/Susu border. The enemy's headquarters were in the stockaded town of Tambi. Two successful punitive expeditions were repulsed. A stronger force of 500 troops of the West Indian Regiment was despatched from Freetown and reached Tambi on 7 April. The town was captured and destroyed with few British casualties, though the enemy had 200 killed. (Proud)
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