Lot 2213
Canton
3,000.00
HKD
Live

1859 Scotland (7 Jan) to a surgeon of the 65th Regiment, Canton. Entire letter, f.w. QV 1d + 4d in pair for 9d officer rate, tied by Aberdeen cds. Showing "via Marseilles / Recd 1st Mar" anntotation. Transit London (8 Jan), Hong Kong (27 Feb) and forwarded to the temporary postal agency in Whampoa by gunboat as the Canton Post Office was destroyed in Dec 1856. The new post office was opened on 23 Mar 1859.
1859.1.7 蘇格蘭寄廣州的第六十五團的一名醫生。郵簡,貼1便士 + 4便士雙連,合9便士軍官郵資,銷鴨巴甸日戳。寫有“via Marseilles / Recd 1st Mar”批示。1.8經倫敦,2.27經香港,再以炮艇送至黃埔的臨時郵局。 1856年12月,廣州十三行連同郵局區域被毀。外商撤至黃埔並於1858年6月9日成立了一家臨時郵局。新廣州郵局要到1859年3月23日才成立。
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