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1853 Canton to Scotland. Entire letter, sent “via Southampton” and rated “1/4”, appleid with “SHIPLETTER / VICTORIA HONGKONG” cachet and Hong Kong (10 Mar) transit cds. Transit London (2 May). Arrived Edinburgh (3 May). 1sh was for Southampton route rate while 4d for Canton to Hong Kong rate. Rare. This mail was carried by Singapore, Oriental and Bengal.

1853年廣州寄蘇格蘭。郵簡，寫有“via Southampton”及“1/4”郵資，鈐維多利亞船信戳及3.10香港中轉戳。5.2經倫敦，5.3抵愛丁堡。 1先令為修咸頓郵資，4便士為廣州至香港郵資，較少見。此信經Singapore、Oriental及Bengal號送遞。