Philately: ASIA single lots including Special Catalog Malaya Auction #39 Day 3

Iran: 1873. Stampless envelope written from ‘F.W. Otter at Resht’ dated ‘August 15th’ addressed to E
1873. Stampless envelope written from ‘F.W. Otter at Resht’ dated ‘August 15th’ addressed to England Carried privately by ‘Captain Claton’ to London and forwarded to Charing Cross ‘Sp 8 73’ charged with hand-struck ‘2d’ on face and arrival in Horsham on reverse, with enclosed letter written by F.W. Otter “… commenced survey through the jungle by road which has now been cleared for 20 miles … we shall be away for a month or more & we take neither horses or mules so our tents etc must be carried by men of whom we shall require nearly 30. I shall take my rifle with me for the chance of a shot at wild boars or tigers but not my gun as in the dense jungle there seems to be no birds”. Very scare item from Resht on the Caspian Sea.