By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
lot # 6300 - China
China: 1837, Canton to London, rare routing via St. Helena: entire folded letter dated „Canton June
1837, Canton to London, rare routing via St. Helena: entire folded letter dated „Canton June 15 1837“ and endorsed inside „p. Bencoolen, via St. Helena“ w. on reverse boxed vermilion „Forwarded by / Joa. W. Alsop, Jr.“, endorsed "Pr. St. Andrews" at bottom left, on reverse boxed „LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER“, manuscript "3/2" due rating and London arrival „A 18 DE 1837“. From Wetmore & Co. to William Wetmore care Messrs. Morrison Cryder London, letter concerns trading matters and sailing information. Early Canton cover with unusual routing taking 6 months to arrive via Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, spectacular.
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