Bidspirit auction | 1848 Cover with complete content

1848 Cover with complete content from Col.Thomas Ashburnham sent from Bombay to Captain Murray of 16th Royal Hussars , stationed at Kirkee , near Poona .Kirkee was British Cavalry cantonment. The cover bears oval seal in red which reads as ”BOMBAY /13 Oct 48/ FREE”.This is a SCARCE MARK,Giles Type 25 but the oval is smaller. A Historic Cover . Note...Ashburnham became Military Secretary to the Governor of Bombay (Viscount Falkland) right after his famous service at Ferozepur and Sobraon in 1845-46 during First Anglo Sikh War.The letter is written from Malabar Point, Governor House.