COLLECTIBLE: 1854, 4a Red & Blue, 2nd Printing, Head Die II, Frame Die I (6D; SG 19). Two singles, cut to shape, margins to touching, tied by diamond grid cancel with well-struck Bombay Apr. 16 despatch datestamp on 1855 cover to Lieut. Murdock of the 10th Hussars in Cairo, Egypt, red "INDIA PAID" handstamp, docketing at left indicating May 17 arrival VERY FINE AND RARE COVER TO EGYPT WITH TWO 4-ANNAS LITHOGRAPH FROM THE SECOND PRINTING AND SENT TO A SOLDIER PARTICIPATING IN THE CRIMEAN WAR. From 1846 to 1855 the 10th Hussars were stationed in India. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, they left India and fought in important engagements, such as the Siege of Sevastopol and Battle of Eupatoria--the latter in February 1855, just months before this cover arrived.