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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 9

First Opium War
General Trading in Canton
The Merchants
William Wetmore: 1837 (1-2 Mar.) long entire letter to Richard Alsop in Philadelphia, rated at "37½" cents and carried on the "Regulus"; the flap bears a very fine strike of the very scarce "forwarded by/wetmore & co./canton" in red and with a fair strike of Boston transit c.d.s. (12.7) in red. The letter give details of credit facilities. A fine and scarce cover


威廉.維特莫爾: 1837年3月1-2日寄費城Richard Alsop 信函, 送遞費為37 ½ 仙, 由輪船"Regulus" 私人遞送. 信函上有紅色清晰㰐圓戳 "FORWARDED BY/ WETMORE & Co CANTON" 及7月12日紅色波土頓中轉戳. 這件信函提供了信貸便利的詳細信息. 保存良好而又稀缺的信函.

Estimate
HK$12,000 to HK$15,000

Starting price
HK$9000