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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 131

The Second Opium War
Occupation of Canton
Incoming Mail to H.M. Ships
H.M. Gun Boat 'Staunch': 1859 (12 Dec.) envelope to Lieut. Pollard on the Canton River, "Via Southampton" bearing 1855-57 6d. (with wing margin) tied by Devonport duplex, the reverse with London (13.12) and Hong Kong type 13 c.d.s. (13.12). Sadly there is no letter as the notation written on the reverse states, "Very kind ... & speaks very highly of the Peiho affair..."


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