Public auction #38

1826 (28 Mar.) Soldier's letter, countersigned by the Commanding Officer, written by Lewis Carroll (not the 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' writer but a Private of a 2nd Regiment) from KAMPTEE near Nagpore via Madras (29 Apr.) and London (23 Oct.) to Ennis, County Clare, Ireland (a 213 days carriage), bearing large circled "INDIA SOLDIERS/LONDON/3" h/s on front and the SCARCE circled "MADRAS/SOLDIERS.LETTER/FREE/29 AP 29/1826" d/s in red (Giles SD10) along with London transit cds in red on the reverse. Letter with minor imperfections but with fine strikes of scarce hand-/date-stamps.