India / Middle East Forces 1920 Military mail envelope

cover from the Dera Column endorsed "On Active Service" and sent from H. Jasen C.F. Dera Col., with double-ring Basran datestamp, Boxed Base Post Office and Field Post Office No.166 datestamp with Passed Cesnor M.E.F. No.2 in Red, routed via Port Taufio, Egypt, addressed to Holland and taxed with Netherlands Postage Dues SGD230, 1/2c Blue and SGD239, 7c Blue tied on arrival by Baarlo double-ring. A superb item of Military mail. (pt)

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