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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 40

First Opium War
The Kowloon Incident
End of the Blockade
1840 (2 Feb.) entire river mail letter to Weir Lewis in Canton sent from Tong Koo. The letter is of a business deal with matting which was anticipated being delivered on board the C Price, which was due to Tongkoo before going on to Whampoa. No postal markings as privately carried. S.W. Lewis was an American, so still able to trade in Canton. Two vertical filing creases; rare mail from Tong Koo to Canton

provenance:
Eddie Lawrence, September 2014


1840年2月2日由銅鼓寄廣州的Weir Lewis 內河信函, 没有任何郵費標記, 這封信是關於蓆子的商業交易，預計將在 C Price 上交付, 這在前往黃埔之前應於銅鼓達成協議, 沒有私人攜帶的郵政標記. S.W. Lewis 是美國人, 所以仍然能夠在廣州進行貿易. 有兩處摺痕; 由銅鼓到廣州的稀有信函.

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000

Starting price
HK$6000