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1896(Jun 3) Longer O.H.M.S. printed envelope to Station Hospital, Cherat bearing India QV 1a Overprinted On. H. M. S. tied Peshawar cds…..The North West Frontier has always & still is troublesome. Peshawar now in Pakistan was formally part of India and many punative military expeditions were launched in the area, Cherat (several different spelling ) is located in the Northern part of Afghanistan in the Chitral area, the British maintained a Hospital & garrison in the area during the 1890’s trying to keep the peace