1844 (18 Mar) Manila, Philipiness to Augustine Heard & Co, Canton.
Entire, sent “Surat”, along with double-ringed “BRITISH
1844 (18 Mar) Manila, Philipiness to Augustine Heard & Co, Canton.
Entire, sent “Surat”, along with double-ringed “BRITISH GOVERNMENT
AGENCY OFFICE / MACAO” type 1-3-1 seal in red and Hong Kong Post
Office Webb type 4 “Royal Arms” oval seal. One of the two recorded
examples in combination of these two handstamps. Cover No. 464 in
“A Survey and Recorded of Pre-Adhesive Period Postal History of
Macau 1616-1891” by Choi Cheong Too. One of the 82 covers applied
with Royal Arms oval seal recorded by Dr. Andrew Cheung.
Illustration fig 87, p. 249 in “Historia e Desenvolvemento dos
Correios e das Telecomunicacoes de Macau” Vol. 1 by Luis Virgilio
de Brito Frazao. Ex- Glassco, Christopher D’Almada.
1844.3.18菲律賓馬尼拉寄廣州瓊記洋行。郵簡，正面帶有“Surat”郵船字樣、多處郵資字樣、“BRITISHGOVERNMENT
AGENCY OFFICE / MACAO” 1-3-1型紅色戳記及橢圓形“香港盾徽”Webb
4型戳記。為蔡昌道記錄中，同時帶有這兩款郵戳的兩件例子之一。
蔡昌道《1616至1891年澳門郵票發行前郵政史調查與紀錄》中第464件封。 張文德醫生記錄之82件鈐香港盾徽橢圓戳記之信封之一。
范笙祿著《澳門郵政與電訊的歷史和發展》第一卷第249頁第87號圖例原件。 Glassco及Christopher
D’Almada舊藏。
