Small stampless envelope addressed to 'Capt George Byng DC with General Crealock, South Africa' with manuscript 'Rec. 5 7, 79 Saturday mail out' on reverse. Captain Byng and General Crealock were involved in the second invasion & defeat of the Zulus and this letter would have been received shortly after the 'Battle of Ulundi' on the 4th July 1879. A rare early incoming item.