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Auction: 4024 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1245

†China 1841 (23 Jan.) entire letter ex the Ousley correspondence from Ting-Hai (Chusan Island) to Calcutta, marked "From China Expedition" and showing, on reverse, Calcutta Ship Letter d.s.; interesting contents including "Anstruther is still in prison at Ning Poo...........He could, he writes, make his escape at any time, but will not forsake his fellow prisoners, fearing they might be sacrificed by the Chinese" Estimate £ 150-200

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