First Afghan War 1842 (Oct. 5/6): Entire letter no. 106 from to correspondence of Capt. William Riddell serving as Deputy Paymaster with General Pollock’s Force, at that time in Kabul, to his wife in Indore, on reverse with nearly clear strike of the rare intaglio “AFGHANISTAN / Bearing” handstamp (Robson Lowe Asia HS3) in black, dated in manuscript “6 Oct. 42”, making its way with the postage-free Fieldpost via Peshawar to FEROZEPORE, an indistinct handstamp (Oct 21, 42) struck on reverse, rated “5 as.” to Indore. Rare strike that displays well. Signed Todd AIEP.
Note: Riddell’s second last letter from Kabul, his complete correspondence of 148 letters was studied in “The Afghan Campaign 1841-43 – The Letters Of Captain William Riddell” by Peter Collins (1973), large parts of this correspondence had been in the collection of Major Adrian Hopkins, offered in auction in 1988 (Christie’s sale 8205, lot 3307).
Provenance: The “Afghanistan – Horst Dietrich Grand Prix Collection”, DF sale (Nov. 2003), lot 10028.

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