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Stanley Gibbons Sale: 5922

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
INDIA USED ABROAD
Sale No: 5922
Lot No: 310
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Cat No: 12

image 1856 (26 Aug) entire letter datelined 'Penang, 26th August 1856' to Mauritius, endorsed at upper right "per Lord Raglan", bearing uncancelled India 1a Die I, ('B' Stone, pos.47). The letter details financial transactions of '300 Bags of Rice' and '40 Cases of Hoegs Lard', the latter of which was carried aboard the "Lord Raglan", sender writing "regarding its disposal we leave it entirely to your good selves". On arrival at 'Richardson Johnstone co' Mauritius the letter was annotated 'M Shircoe/ Singapore/ 26 May' and filed, and was recently discovered folded (with stamp hidden!) in a family archive in Canada where it has been for over a century, never before appearing on the open market. BPA certificate (2020) [N.B. From the records available, the 'Lord Raglan' appears to be on the homeward leg of a voyage to Port Adelaide which carried 286 emigrants to Australia. The Adelaide Times announced this ship as a Projected Departure to "Singapore and Shanghai" in February, where the Straits Times announcing its safe arrival to the Malayan peninsula on May 6.] (Image)

Opening GBP 2,500.00
Sold...GBP 580.00


Closed..Mar-29-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 580
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