Lot# 9166

The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340   24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong

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Lot# 9166
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 7,500 HK$
1839 (Nov 12) entire letter sheet from Hong Kong Island to Frederick Huth & Co, London,

per private vessel "John Horton" and rated "8", bearing Liverpool shipletter cachet and London arrival cds. The letter is mostly about HMS Volage and HMS Hyacinth engaged Chinese warships on 12 Nov 1839 in Bocca Tigris. Letter from Hong Kong Island before the outbreak of the 1st Opium War is quite scarce.

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