Auction 309-320 - Great Britain 1840–1841 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Russo-Turkish War 1877: Soldier's letter from Russian Field Post Office No. 1 at Tirnovo mailed to the Forward Command, cancelled by very fine "POLEVAYA POCHTOVAYA KONTORA / (1)" in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 60) dated Dec 29, 1877 (FPO. 1 - HQ), returned back from a forward unit to Field Post Office No. 1 with further strike in black (Dec 31). Mailed just after the fall of Plevna (Dec 10) and the surrounding area (Plevna had been starved to defeat with a siege lasting from July). Superb and rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 123, 23-25 Oct 2000, lot 4182.