1844 By Mr. Tradescant Lay, British Consulate Foochow (28 Dec) to England. Entire letter, rated "1/-", carried privatley to Hong Kong and
1844 By Mr. Tradescant Lay, British Consulate Foochow (28 Dec) to England. Entire letter, rated "1/-", carried privatley to Hong Kong and applied with Hong Kong double-arc transit d.s. (15 Jan). Arrived London (26 Apr). This mail was carried by EIC Sesostris, P&O Bentinck and Great Liverpool. Foochow became a treaty port on 2 Nov 1843. Mr. Tradescant Lay established a British Consul and postal agency in Jun 1844. It is the earliest recorded letter from Foochow BPO. A rarity.1844.12.28 由英國駐福州領事Mr. Tradescant Lay寄英國。郵簡，寫有郵資“1/-”，私人送遞至香港，1.15鈐香港雙弧中轉日戳。4.26抵倫敦。此封經東印度公司Sesostris、鐵行輪船公司Bentinck及Great Liverpool號送遞。福州在1843年11月2日成為商埠。而Mr. Tradescant Lay於1844年6月成立英國領事館及郵政代理。此為記錄中最早之福州英局信件，為一大珍品。
