30th International Auction

1849(Oct) Stampless entire registered to Mirre Morton & Co., Ship Agents in Liverpool from Capt of ship describing the wreck of the Brig "Adelaide" in a hurricane at Narva, Estonia canc cyrillic unframed Narva/(1)7 Octob 1849 d/s [the 1 of 17 is missing in d/s] w/alongside poor oval Narva h/s. On face manu 7/8 & R h/s & rated in manu 2/1. On rev boxed Tilsit/22 10 * 4-5 (indicating overland route via Lithuania) & manu 3¾ Pfg & w/Liverpool arrival d/s. [Full manuscript transcript of letter describes in detail the hurricane & the ship sinking to the rails in the sand] Catalog Price 270.00