Lot# 9164

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

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Lot# 9164
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
Hammer Price: 6,000 HK$
1840 (Jan 18) Outer wrapper from Russell & Co. to N. M. Rothschild & Sons, London,

sent per "Thomas Coutts" and rated "2/8", bearing framed Dartmouth Shipletter cachet , Dartmouth transit and London arrival cds. After the blockade of Bocca Tigris by Elliots, British Merchant moved to Hong Kong. An early mail after lifting the blockade.

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