Los 3340

1898, from Candia Crete to Aldershot England, 1 penny red postal stationery card of Malta cancelled CANDIA 19 8 98, posted by Quartermaster Finlayson of the 1st Highland Light Infantry via Austrian post office in Candia, message on reverse dated 18 8 98 from Candia Crete requesting quotation for printing 500 copies of a map of Crete, early example of British military mail during the multinational intervention following the 1897 Cretan uprising against Ottoman rule, use of foreign stationery reflects temporary reliance on available postal channels prior to establishment of local Cretan or British facilities, historically important as documentation of logistical planning by British forces during the initial occupation phase, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 600€.