Lot 37

1844 Canton (28 Sep) to Frederick Huth Co., London. Entire letter, sent “via Marseilles” and rated “4/1”, applied with “Forwarded by W&T Edmond & Co / Bombay” seal and oval “INDIA” seal. Arrived London (3 Jan). Scarce wrongly rated example as there should be additional 4d charged on letter arriving from India. Scamp only recorded 7 covers of this rate and this example pre-dates the record of Scamp.

1844.9.28 廣州寄倫敦Frederick Huth Co.。郵簡，寫有“via Marseilles”及“4/1”郵資，鈐“W&T Edmond & Co”孟買轉運代理戳記及INDIA橢圓形戳記。1.3抵倫敦。少見之錯誤郵資例子，經印度中轉應再加上4便士。Scamp記錄中，此郵資僅見七例，而此例日期比Scamp之記錄更早。