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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1835 (Oct 26): Entire letter from London to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, prepaid "3/2d." in red manuscript and endorsed at right "Care of Mr. Waghorn, Alexandria". Carried from Suez on
the EIC "Hugh Lindsay" which left Suez on Jan 4, 1836 and arrived at Bombay (Feb 10) with reverse showing circular "G.P.O. / FE 22 / 1836" Calcutta arrival cds in red alongside internal and rare manuscript amended "Steamer" and handstamp Ship
charges, with 1 rupee 14 annas to pay upon arrival. The entire predating Waghorn cachets by several months, with some imperfections and slight staining but nevertheless an extremely rare and important entire - the earliest Eastbound Waghorn
Forwarding Agent entire letter. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 119 days. Note 2: This entire is probably the example referred to in "Overland Mail" by J.K. Sidebottom in the note on page 148, however this entire may not be in Waghorn's
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1836 (March 27): Double rate entire letter from London to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, prepaid "6/4d." in red manuscript and struck with superb "CARE OF MR WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp
in black (Sidebottom type 4a - shorter lettering) with docketing at top right "No. 395 / S.E & C" (Smith Elder & Co). Carried on the EIC "Hugh Lindsay" from Suez (May 6) and arriving in Bombay (June 1). Reverse with Indian Inland (1 rupee 12
annas) and Ship Postage (1 rupee 4 annas) rate handstamp with rate totalling 3 rupees 8 annas to pay. Large circular "CALCUTTA / GPO" cds in red (June 17) of arrival. Sold together with the "duplicate" entire letter from London to Thomas N. Richards,
dated on the same day (March 27) endorsed per "Isabella" and mailed round the Cape of Good Hope route, struck on reverse with framed "Postage - 3 a. / Ship Ditto 3 a. / As. 6" in black and arrival in red (Aug 17). Minor edge wear otherwise superb and
a very rare pair. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 82 days via Overland route / Journey time 145 days via Cape of Good Hope. Note 2: Sidebottom in "Overland Mail" recorded Type 4a used on only 4 covers, all are dated at the end of March 1836.
This is Number 4 on his listing. Provenance: Collection W. Acterberg, DF, Geneva, 14 Feb 1999, lot 10040 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1836 (Sept 1): Double rate entire letter from London to J. Rulon in Calcutta, prepaid "6/4d." in red manuscript and struck with superb "CARE OF MR WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black
(Sidebottom type 4b - taller lettering) with docketing at top right "No. 194 / S.E & C" (Smith Elder & Co). London cds on reverse in black and carried on "HMS Spitfire" from Falmouth, "HMS Tartarous" from Malta (Sept 19) to Alexandria (Sept
25) departing Suez (Oct 3) with Calcutta arrival cds (March 7, 1837) in red and Inland (14 annas) and Ship Postage (1 anna 6 pies) rate handstamp with rate totalling 15 annas 6 pies - the Ship rate being half normal as landed within the Presidency. A
fine and most attractive entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 188 days. Note 2: The cover is probably one of Numbers 7 or 9 in the Sidebottom listing. Provenance: Collection Kurt Wolfsbauer, DF, Geneva, 20 Feb 2002, lot 31566 (Image 1)
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| 5049 |
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1836 (Oct 1): Double rate entire letter from London to Adam Skinner & Co. in Bombay, India, prepaid "6/4d." in red manuscript and struck with superb "CARE OF MR WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA"
handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 4b - taller lettering) with docketing at top right "No. 257 / S.E & C" (Smith Elder & Co). London cds on reverse in black (Oct 1) displaying well. No arrivals or further charges in Bombay but the dispatches
of October 1, November 1 and December 1 all arrived at the same time in Bombay (April 3, 1837). Sidebottom lists three covers sent on this date to Calcutta and none to Bombay, however more may have since come to light. A generally fine and very
scarce entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 185 days. Note 2: Waghorn himself wrote that the Mail of "October 3rd from Falmouth left Suez by janissary for Mocha, as yet I do not know its progress...". See the cover dated 25 November 1836
from Waghorn in Alexandria to Sir John Phillipart, also in this sale. Provenance: Cavendish, Derby, 21 April 2005, lot 463 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1837: Entire letter with, sadly one internal page missing, from London to Wetmore & Co. in Canton, China endorsed at top "via Marseilles" and struck with superb "CARE OF MR WAGHORN /
ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 4b - taller lettering), docketed at top right "66 / G.W.W." by George W. Wheatley (Waghorn's Agent in Falmouth). Circular "ANGLETERRE PAR CALAIS" in red and oval "P-D" also in red below. Forwarded again
in Bombay as endorsed "Care of Messrs. Leckie & Co., Bombay" and this erased in manuscript when the letter was sent on to China on the "Pearl" with endorsement at top. Full manuscript charges in red on obverse with charges amounting to £1
3s. 6½d. for a letter weighing between 2-2¼ ounces under the 1836 rates = 6/8d. British postage + 16/10½d. French postage to Alexandria. Reverse unusually bears the total charge due of "£2 13s. 6½d." in manuscript (thus Waghorn's charges =
£1 10s.), and notification of receipt "Wetmore, Jan 4, 1838" in manuscript. An extraordinary cover to this rare destination and full of charm. Signed Todd AIEP. Provenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 21 Nov 1997, lot 14 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1837 (Dec 6): Large part entire letter concerning business matters from France to Wetmore & Co. in Canton, China endorsed at base "Par Alexandrie et les Bateaux à vapeur de Marseilles",
and carried privately outside the Mails to Marseille as no French charges are apparent; from there carried on the steamer "Dante" (Dec 8) to Malta and onwards to Alexandria on "HMS Firefly" arriving in Alexandria (Dec 22). Two fine strikes of oval
framed "Care of / Mr. Waghorn / Alexandrie" struck in red (Sidebottom type 6) on obverse and over flap on the reverse of the cover. Carried from Suez (Jan 1, 1838) on the EIC "Berenice" to Bombay (Jan 21) and forwarded as endorsed "Care of Messrs.
Leckie & Co., Bombay" and Leckie would have paid the 1 rupee Red Sea postage prior to the cover being sent as an enclosure to Calcutta where struck with framed "CALCUTTA / G.P.O. / SHIP LETTER" (Feb 10) in red and sent on per "Sylph" to Canton. A
fine cover to a very rare destination bearing one of the rarest of all Waghorn cachets. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time to Calcutta, 66 days. This is probably the first of the two recorded covers with this Waghorn handstamp, mentioned in
Sidebottom on page 150. Note 2: Peter Smith's census in "Egypt Stamps & Postal History" on page 30 recorded just three examples of this marking. Sidebottom recorded just two. Note 3: Illustrated in "Thomas Fletcher Waghorn Überlandweg Aegypten"
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1838 (Feb 22): Prepaid entire letter from London to Joseph Archer of Wetmore & Co. in Canton, China, endorsed "pr. Overland Mail via Marseille" in manuscript, and rated "2/8½d." in red
manuscript (10d. British postage, 1/10½d. French postage for an under ¼ ounce letter), numbered "130 / GWW" (George W. Wheatley, Waghorn's Agent in Falmouth) in top right corner; struck with superb "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in
black (Sidebottom type 4b) with London despatch cds (Feb 22) in black on reverse. Circular "ANGLETERRE PAR CALAIS" in red and oval "P-D" also in red above, and sent on by Messrs. Leckie & Co. in Bombay to Canton with internal arrival notation
"Answered June 7, 1838". A fine and rare entire to this rare destination. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Probable journey time to Canton of circa 100 days. Provenance: Collection Max Uehlinger, Christie's, London, 12 March 1997, lot 5 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1838 (May 26): Prepaid entire letter from London to Lieutenant General Sir John Doveton in Madras, East Indies endorsed "via Marseilles" in manuscript, and rated "2/8½d." in red manuscript
(10d. British postage, 1/10½d. French postage for an under ¼ ounce letter), numbered "230 / GWW" (George W. Wheatley, Waghorn's Agent in Falmouth) in top right corner; struck with superb "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black
(Sidebottom type 4b) with London despatch cds in black on reverse (May 26) and framed Bombay arrival (Aug 11) in black where charged 12 annas for onward transmission to Madras with faint GPO arrival (Aug 19). A fine and rare entire - strangely
letters to Madras are very rare. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time to Bombay 77 days. Note 2: Fine content "I wrote to you about 12 days ago by the lst Steamer for India...there will be no Overland Packet till the middle off next month but this
I shall send through the P.O. in Paris and on to Marseilles, to be put on board a French Steamer for Alexandria, trusting to its finding its way there...". Note 3: The addressee, Lieutenant General Sir John Doveton (1768-1847) was a career Soldier,
fighting under Lord Cornwallis against Tippoo Sultan in 1799 and under Arthur Welleseley the following year. He later was in command at Nagpur against Apa Sahib's forces and stormed the Palace with great loss of life (some 500 officers and men of the
Madras Infantry died). Provenance: Harmers, London, 27 May 1999, lot 1100 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1838 (July 23): Entire letter from Philadelphia, USA to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, marked internally "duplicate", carried outside the Mails to Liverpool and there endorsed "via
Marseilles" in manuscript, and prepaid "4/7d." in red manuscript (10d. British postage, 3/9d. French postage for an under ½ ounce letter), annotated "No.14 / D&T W" (D and T Willis, Waghorn's Agents in Liverpool) in top right corner; struck with
"CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA / L'POOL" handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 8) with "PAID AT / LIVERPOOL" in red, London tombstone "Paid" in red and transit cds in black (Aug 21) on reverse and circular "Angleterre Par Calais" and oval "P-D" in
red, carried from Marseille on the French Packet "Scamandre" to Malta (Sept 6) and thence on the "Léonidas" to Syra (Sept 11) and the "Lycurgue" to Alexandria, arriving on September 14th, thence to Suez and carried on the EIC "Berenice" steamer to
Bombay (as the "Semiramis" had been delayed) with framed datestamp of receipt in black (Oct 21) and rated "15" annas in manuscript to pay. Calcutta "G.P.O." arrival in red (Nov 2). Full transcript enclosed. A superb and rare entire, especially so
emanating from the United States. Note 1: Journey time from London to Bombay circa 70 days. Note 2: Sidebottom recorded just 5 examples of this handstamp, this being the second cover in his listing. Peter Smith in "Egypt Stamps & Postal History"
recorded 8 examples with the earliest dated June 21, 1838. Provenance: Collection Frederick Rowland Hill, Christie's, London, 5 Dec 1989, ex lot 480 (Image
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1838 (Aug 4): Prepaid double rate entire letter from London to Calcutta, India endorsed "via Marseilles" in manuscript at top, and rated "5/5d." in red manuscript (1/8d. British postage,
3/9d. French postage for an under ½ ounce letter), numbered "34 / GWW" (George W. Wheatley, Waghorn's Agent in Falmouth) in top right corner; struck with superb "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 4b) with London
despatch cds in black (Aug 8) on reverse and both circular "Angleterre Par Calais" datestamp in red and oval "P-D" in red on obverse. Framed Bombay datestamp (Oct 19) in black and rated at "15" annas, with red Calcutta "GPO" datestamp (Nov 4) in red.
A fine and rare entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time to Bombay 76 days. Note 2: Ships difficult to calculate but the first East India Company steamer from Suez was the "Berenice" via Mocha, Yemen (Oct 4) and Aden (Oct 12) arriving Bombay on
October 19th. Provenance: Collection Robin Bertram, Grosvenor, London, 7 Dec 2006, lot 1423 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1838 (Oct 28): Prepaid entire letter at double rate from London to John Pearson, Advocate General in Calcutta, endorsed "via Marseilles & Egypt", annotated "126 / GWW" (George W.
Wheatley), rated "4/7d." in red manuscript (10d. British postage + 3/9d. French postage for a letter under ½ ounce) struck with fine "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 4b), with London despatch cds (Nov 5) on reverse in
black. Circular "Angleterre Par Calais" cds in red and oval "P-D" in red, carried by the "Léonidas" from Marseille to Malta, thence on "HMS Volcano" to Alexandria and the EIC "Hugh Lindsay" from Suez; with reverse also showing framed BOMBAY arrival
with "15" annas charge and Calcutta "G.P.O." arrival in red (10 Jan 1839). A fine entire with interesting content. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 74 days. Note 2: Afghan War Content from the addressee's son: "This morning's papers tell us
that the 16th Lancers are in the Field and a force of at least 10'000 men of ours, joined to Shah Soojah's and a strong body of Ranjit Singh's amounting to 30'000 men will advance upon Cabool by the first of November...I am not of the disposition to
sit quiet in England whilst my Regiment is in the field abroad...I shall leave England on the 24th of this month...I have written to Mr. Waghorn in Egypt to lay horses etc. across the desert, as by this means I can save the steamer in the Red Sea and
a month is of the greatest importance...". Provenance: Collection Max Uehlinger, Christie's, London, 12 March 1997, lot 11 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Jan 4): Prepaid entire letter at single rate from London to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, endorsed "via Marseilles", annotated "79 / GWW" (George W. Wheatley), rated "3/8½d." in red
manuscript (1/10d. British postage + 1/10½d. French postage for a letter under ¼ ounce) struck with fine "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 4b), with London despatch cds (Jan 4) on reverse in black. Circular "Angl. / Calais"
entry mark in blue (Jan 6) and oval "P-D" in red; carried from Marseilles on the French steamer "Rhamses" to Syra (Jan 31), the "Scamandre" to Alexandria (Feb 4) and the EIC "Hugh Lindsay" from Suez (Feb 24) to Bombay with arrival in black showing
"15" annas charge for journey to Calcutta with "G.P.O." arrival (April 2) in red. A fine and interesting cover - no advantage was gained using the French route on this voyage - the cover arrived in Bombay on the "Hugh Lindsay" - which also carried
mails that had been sent from London via Falmouth some two weeks later than this letter. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 95 days. Probably the item listed in Sidebottom as cover 59 on page 150. Provenance: Spink, London, 14 July 1999, lot 197;
Cavendish, Derby, 2 Dec 2015, lot 511 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Jan 25): Prepaid entire letter at single rate from London to William Ferguson in Calcutta, endorsed "via Marseilles", annotated "290 / GWW" (George W. Wheatley), rated "2/8½d." in red
manuscript (10d. British postage + 1/10½d. French postage for a letter under ¼ ounce) struck with superb "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 4b), with London despatch cds (Jan 25) on reverse in black. Oval "P-D" in red;
carried from Marseilles on the French steamer "Eurotas" to Malta (Feb 6), "HMS Hermes" to Alexandria (Feb 16) and the EIC "Hugh Lindsay" from Suez (Feb 24) to Bombay with arrival in black (March 24) showing "15" annas charge for journey to Calcutta
with "G.P.O." arrival (April 2) in red. Faults at right but a fine strike. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. J. Robineau & V. Pothion (1989). Note 1: Journey time 75 days. Probably the item listed in Sidebottom as cover 60 on page 150. Provenance:
Collection Léon Dubus RDP., Drouot, Paris, 6 Oct 1989, lot 589 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Feb 5): Entire letter started from Nice and completed in Toulon, France in May to Captain Cowper Rochfort, 27th Regiment of Native Infantry in Madras, India and redirected upon
arrival, struck on reverse with oval framed "ROBERT GOWER / MARSEILLE / ALEXANDRIE / AUX SOINS DE THOMAS WAGHORN" handstamp in black - (Sidebottom unrecorded, Peter Smith lists as Type 12) - the unique example known annotated "159 - 3" inserted in
manuscript. The entire was sent under cover via the steamer "Sesostris" from Marseille (May 21) to Syra (May 31) and thence on the French steamer "Tancrède" to Alexandria (June 4). From Suez on the EIC "Berenice" which left Suez (June 11) arriving in
Bombay (June 27). Placed in the Mails there with framed BOMBAY handstamp in black, and redirected upon arrival with framed "SAMULCOTA / Bearing" handstamp in black (July 8) and again forwarded with framed "RAJAMUNDRY / Bearing" arrival (July 10). A
wonderful entire with splendid contents with the lot - the entire also containing two superb hand-painted pictures. Unique and truly delightful entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Part content: "I have long been wishing to write to you by this new
conveyance of Mr. Waghorn's which will I believe convey this letter to you in 40 days, so that I will have answer from you in two months and half which really does sound pleasant to my ears...". Provenance: Collection of Rudi and Hilda Jeidel. See
article in the Egypt Study Circle "Quarterly Circular", Number 118, June 1981, page 34 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Feb 22): Prepaid entire letter (with printed Prices Current) at single rate from London to Messrs. Guthrie & Co, Singapore, endorsed "via Marseilles", annotated "GWW" (George W.
Wheatley) at top right, rated "2/8½d." in red manuscript (10d. British postage + 1/10½d. French postage for a letter under ¼ ounce) struck with very fine "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 4b), with London despatch
cds (Feb 22) on reverse in black. Circular "Angl. / Calais" entry cds (Feb 25) in blue and oval "P-D" in red. From Marseille carried by "HMS Volcano" (March 9) to Malta (March 13) where the Mails were clearly delayed until April 11th when they were
picked up by "HMS Blazer" and taken to Alexandria. The entire left Suez (April 17) on the EIC "Atalanta" for Bombay (May 5) where it was placed on the Schooner "Charlotte" which sailed (May 12) for Singapore and China. Slight acid ink discolouration
but an extremely rare Waghorn usage to Singapore. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 72 days. Probably the cover listed in Sidebottom as number 62 on page 150 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Feb 27): Prepaid entire letter at single rate from Paris, France to Baboo Radakissen Mittre in Calcutta, endorsed "Overland", rated "30" décimes on reverse in manuscript, struck with
framed "P.P." in red and PARIS despatch cds in black (Feb 27). Two fine strikes of the oval framed "Care of / Mr. Waghorn / Alexandria" in red (Sidebottom type 6) with one across the flap on reverse and the other annotated "No. 67 february" in
manuscript. Carried on the "Atalanta" from Suez (April 17) with reverse with faint Bombay datestamp (arrived May 5) and further framed "CALCUTTA / STEAM LETTER / Bearing" handstamp with manuscript "1 rupee 7 annas" to pay (May 17, from internal
docketing). An exceptional entire letter - this Type 6 handstamp was the sole struck in red ink - with just three such usages of this handstamp recorded to date. Generally very fine, and outstandingly rare. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. J. Robineau &
V. Pothion (1989). Note 1: Journey time 80 days. This is the second cover in the Sidebottom listing on page 150. Note 2: This cover is illustrated in "Overland Mail" by J.K. Sidebottom on page 154. Provenance: Collection John K. Sidebottom, Robson
Lowe, London, 16 Sept 1953, lot 190; Léon Dubus RDP., Drouot, Paris, 6 Oct 1989, lot 590; collection W. O. Acterberg, DF, Geneva, 14 Feb 1999, lot 10046 (Image
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (July 13): Prepaid entire letter at double rate from London to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, endorsed "via Marseille" in manuscript and annotated "G177 / GWW" by George W. Wheatley at
top right, with "4/7d." in red manuscript (10d. British postage + 3/9d. French postage for a letter under ½ ounce) struck with fine "CARE OF MESSRS. WAGHORN & Co. / LONDON ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 7), with London despatch cds (July
15) on reverse in black. Calais entry marking in red and oval "P-D" above, from Marseille and arriving in Alexandria on "HMS Acheron" on July 31st., thence on the EIC "Atalanta" from Suez to Aden and transhipped there to the brig "Orissa" with
reverse showing framed "Bombay / Bearing" datestamp (Sept 6) in black with "15" annas charge for onward transmission and Calcutta "G.P.O." arrival in red. A fine and extremely rare entire, both Sidebottom and Peter Smith recorded just 8 examples of
this handstamp. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. J. Robineau & V. Pothion (1989). Provenance: Collection Léon Dubus RDP, Drouot, Paris, 6 Oct 1989, lot 588 (Image
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Aug 7): Entire letter from Philadelphia, USA carried outside the Mails across the Atlantic, struck with "FORWARDED BY / MORRISON, CRYDER & Co. / LONDON" marking in red on reverse
and handed to Waghorn's Agency. Mailed on at double rate from London to Thomas N. Richards in Calcutta, endorsed "pr. Overland Mail" in manuscript and annotated "E 25 / GWW" by George W. Wheatley at top right, with original "5/-" charge deleted and
corrected to "4/7d." in red manuscript (10d. British postage + 3/9d. French postage for a letter under ½ ounce) struck with fine "CARE OF MESSRS. WAGHORN & Co. / LONDON ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 7), with London despatch cds (Sept 4)
on reverse in black. Further struck with two line "PER FRENCH STEAMER / VIA MARSEILLES" in black (applied by Wheatley), Calais entry cds (Sept 8) with oval "P-D" above in red. Reverse with faint framed "BOMBAY / Bearing" handstamp in black and
charged "14" annas for onward transmission with "G.P.O." Calcutta arrival in red (Nov 12). The finest usage of this rare handstamp of which just 8 usages are recorded; wonderful content concerning the purchase of Rhinceroses, Orang Utans and "send
half a dozen snakes, the longest you can get". A rare and spectacular entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 92 days. Note 2: Illustrated in "Overland Mail" by J.K.Sidebottom on page 151, also illustrated in "Thomas Fletcher Waghorn
Überlandweg Aegypten" by Bernard Koch on page 37. Provenance: Collection Emile Antonini, DF, Zurich, April 10-15, lot 32125; collection W.O. Acterberg, DF, Geneva, 14 Feb 1999, lot 10045 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1839 (Sept 13): Large part entire letter from Liverpool to Bombay, endorsed "Single, 14 Sep 1839" and also "via Marseilles" at top, struck with superb strike of "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN /
ALEXANDRIA L'POOL" in black (Sidebottom type 8), annotated by Waghorn's Liverpool Agents, D. and T. Willis at top right "No. 14 / D&T W" in red ink, with manuscript rates at top: 1/10d. for British postage and 2/6d. for French postage = 4/4d. for
an under ¾ ounce letter. This erased and 1 shilling deducted for the Red Sea passage and thus prepaid "3/4d." in red manuscript with framed "PAID AT / LIVERPOOL" and London tombstone 'Paid' datestamp (Sept 16) in red. London cds on reverse in black
(Sept 16). No further markings and it is possible the cover was sent on as an enclosure or it would have transitted thus: from Marseille on the "Mageara" to Malta (Sept 25), thence on "HMS Volcano" to Alexandria (Oct 8) departing Suez on the EIC
"Berenice" (Oct 11) to Bombay (Oct 29). Item number 4 in the Sidebottom listing of the 8 known covers and extremely rare. Provenance: Collection W.O. Acterberg, DF, Geneva, 14 Feb 1999, lot 10050 (Image 1)
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 Waghorn's Overland Mail - Eastbound 1840 (Jan 15): Entire letter (less the power or Attorney also enclosed) from London to Madras, prepaid at "7/3½d." in red manuscript for a letter under ¾ ounce with an enclosure (at 1836
rate of 1/8d. British postage + 5/7½d. French postage), annotated at top right "C 61 / GWW" by George W. Wheatley on despatch; beautifully struck with "CARE OF MESSRS. WAGHORN & Co. / LONDON ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 7) and with
Wheatley's handstamp (large format) "PER FRENCH STEAMER / VIA MARSEILLES" in black. Reverse with London despatch cds (Jan 16) in black, thence with "Angl. / Calais" entry mark in red (Jan 17) and oval "P-D" in red. From Marseille (Jan 21) carried on
the French steamers "Eurotas" to Malta, the "Sesostris" (Jan 21) to Syra, thence from Alexandria to Suez where placed on board the EIC "Berenice" on February 23, with eventual arrival of framed "BOMBAY / Bearing" where charged "15" annas for onward
transmission to Madras. A magnificent and famous cover of great charm. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: By this date the importance of Waghorn & Co. was beginning to wane with the opening of the French route which allowed British steamers to carry mail
from Marseilles to Alexandria direct. However in this instance, neither Waghorn nor the British Post Office could help the delays seen here in the monthly service East of Suez. Note 2: Journey time 66 days. Provenance: Collection Frederick Rowland
Hill, Christie's, London, 5 Dec 1989, lot 482 (illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue). (Image 1)
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