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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 7

First Opium War
General Trading in Canton
The Merchants
William Wetmore: 1836 (22 Jan.) entire letter from John Cryder in London carried to Canton on the ship 'Exchange' and bearing a superb strike of the oblong Chinese chop, "Deliver to U.S. Wetmore Co 1st block Ma Ying Hong", there is a light horizontal filing fold, otherwise superb.


The contents and a statement of account, including the sale of skins, leaving a positive balance of over £500


威廉.維特莫爾: 1836年1月22日信函, 由倫敦的John Cryder 經輪船"Exchange" 號私人遞送往廣州, 信函上有中文印記, 內容是"花𣄃滑摩公司住孖英行頭進", 有輕微摺痕, 但仍是難得一見罕品.

Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$12,000

Starting price
HK$7000