Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 265
x Hong Kong 1837 (29 Sept.) entire letter ex the Wetmore correspondence from Canton to London then redirected to Manchester, carried on the Horatio and without postal markings, long commercial contents giving some details of tea and Nankin silk, and "... the British ship Martha from Liverpool has been totally lost on the Panaal shoals - cargo principally cotton goods...". An interesting commercial letter Estimate £ 100-120 x PLEASE NOTE THAT VAT AT 5% IS APPLICABLE ON THE HAMMER PRICE.
Sold for
£70