Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 266
x Hong Kong 1838 (3 Feb.) double entire letter ex the Wetmore correspondence from Canton "per Argyle" to London, rated "3/-" and bearing, on reverse, a light strike of the boxed "swanage/ship letter" h.s. and London arrival (4.6); usual horizontal filing fold; fresh. The long letter giving a detailed account of the tea trade they were carrying out at the time Estimate £ 250-300 x PLEASE NOTE THAT VAT AT 5% IS APPLICABLE ON THE HAMMER PRICE.
Sold for
£180