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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 102

First Opium War
The Eastern Expedition
Naval and Military Correspondence
H.M.S. 'Cornwallis': 1842 (30 Nov.) entire letter addressed to" Daniel King, Surgeon of H.M.S. Cornwallis, Chinese Expedition", sent "Via Falmouth paid 1/-" with the appropriate large rate mark in mauve ink, a faint strike of "T.P./Charles St West" in light blue and London Paid despatch datestamp. The contents are a statement of account with Messrs Hallett & Co. A scarce letter to the Eastern Expedition. The Treaty of Nanking was signed on board H.M.S. Cornwallis


1842年11月30日一封從英國寄中國遠征軍的英軍艦康華麗號信函, 途經Falmouth, 遞送費1/-, 並帶有紫紅色墨水大字費率標記, 淡藍色的“T.P./Charles St West”的微弱戳印和倫敦已付郵資日期戳. 內容是哈雷特先生公司的對帳單. 一封給東方遠征軍的稀有信函.《南京條約》正是在英軍艦康華麗號上簽訂.

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