Envelope of a manuscript letter to Lt Col William Stirling, Royal Artillery, in Newport, Wales, sender unknown but it has been posted from Cape Town, 2 Oct 1872.
From the Stirling family correspondence, comprising over 700 letters and envelopes, 1846 (c)-1881 (c).
Majority of the letters are to or from Col William Stirling, later Gen Sir William Stirling, Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery.
Associated with 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

In 1876 he and his wife Anna and their youngest children travelled to India where Col Stirling was a commanding officer in the Koorum Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-1880. Many of the letters have been sent between India and Britain, and internally in India between Col Stirling and his wife.