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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 100

First Opium War
The Eastern Expedition
After The Treaty of Nanking
1843 (25 Aug.) entire letter from Holloway Usk & Co from "Victoria, Hong Kong" to John Buckley & Sons, Yorkshire "via Marseilles" and carried privately on the 'Petrel', rated corrected from "1/10" to "2/3" with "INDIA" in large oval, the flap with W&T Edmunds & Co. oval forwarding agent's cachet, London and Manchester (5.12) c.d.s.; there are a few folding creases.


The contents include, "... the Treaties have now been exchanged and the tariff of duties arranged. We have the pleasure to enclose you a printed copy of the tariff and port regulations. You will see that the duties are very moderate ... The Hongists will continue to exercise great power on Canton as far as the foreign trade in commercial & we doubt whether the new system will work freely or satisfactorily unless the Hong Kong Government interferes in the matters ... The new ports on the N.E. Coast are, it is expected, to be opened next month to foreign trade. We hope there will soon be a Chop out from the Emperor on the subject. In the meantime business is doing to some extent at Amoy and Chusan ... P.S. Our chief establishment in China is now at Hong Kong". Included with this lot is a contemporary cut out from the Illustrated London News with an illustration of Harbour of Hong-Kong

provenance:
Eddie Lawrence, September 2014


1843年8月25日由香港Holloway Usk & Co. 經馬賽寄英國John Buckley & Sons 信函. 於 "Petrel"上由私人携帶, 遞送費由1s10d 到2s3d. 有大橢圓形 "INDIA" 戳, 封舌蓋孟買W & T Edmunds & Co. 橢圓中轉戳, 及倫敦與12月5日曼徹斯特日戳. 此信函主要講述南京條約簽署後一年來, 關於條約的逐步執行情況.

Sold for
HK$7,000

Starting price
HK$4500